Gudermessky District Explained

En Name:Gudermessky District
Ru Name:Гудермесский район
Loc Name1:Гуьмсен кӏошт
Loc Lang1:Chechen
Image View:Новый Беной (4).jpg
Coordinates:43.35°N 52°W
Federal Subject:Chechen Republic
Adm Data As Of:November 2005
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Gudermes
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type:Urban-type settlements
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance:1
Selsoviet Type1:Rural administrations
No Of Selsoviets Type1:19
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:19
Mun Data As Of:August 2011
Mun Formation1:Gudermessky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:20
Pop 2010Census:78108
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%[1]
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://gudermes1.ru/
Date:April 2013

Gudermessky District (Russian: Гудерме́сский райо́н; Chechen: Гуьмсен кӏошт, Gümsen khoşt) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. Its administrative center is the town of Gudermes (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 71,082 (2002 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gudermessky District is one of the fifteen in the republic. The town of Gudermes serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[4]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gudermessky Municipal District, with the town of republic significance of Gudermes being incorporated within it as Gudermesskoye Urban Settlement.

Health care

State health facilities are represented by one central district hospital, a town hospital in Gudermes, and four district hospitals in Oyskhara, Engel-Yurt, Gerzel-Aul, and Koshkeldy. District state health care services here are reported to be among the best in the Republic; birth rates are also the highest in Gudermes (27.0). There are registered HIV cases in the district and a high prevalence of tuberculosis.

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Notes and References

  1. While Decree #500 lists Oyskhara as an urban-type settlement, it is included with the rural localities in the 2010 Census results.
  2. Decree #500
  3. Law #19-RZ
  4. Law #30-RZ