En Name: | Kirovsky District |
Ru Name: | Кировский район |
Loc Name1: | Кировы район |
Loc Lang1: | Ossetic |
Image View: | North Ossetia. Russia. Северная Осетия. Россия - panoramio.jpg |
Coordinates: | 43.3333°N 56°W |
Image Coa: | The coat of arms of the Kirov district of North Ossetia-Alania.png |
Federal Subject: | Republic of North Ossetia–Alania |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
Adm Ctr Name: | Elkhotovo |
Selsoviet Type1: | rural okrug |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 7 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 7 |
Mun Data As Of: | January 2006 |
Mun Formation1: | Kirovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 7 |
Area Km2: | 360 |
Pop 2010Census: | 27807 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://kirovski-raion.ru/ |
Commonscat: | Kirovsky District, Republic of North Ossetia–Alania |
Date: | October 2012 |
Kirovsky District (Russian: Ки́ровский райо́н; Ossetian; Ossetic: Кировы район, Kirovy rajon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the eight in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 411km2.[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Elkhotovo. Population: 26,571 (2002 Census); The population of Elkhotovo accounts for 45.4% of the district's total population.
On 2 December 1934, by decision of the Bureau of the Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks of North Ossetia, on the basis of five village councils (Elkhotovsky, Stavd-Dortsky, Zmeysky, Iransky and Illarionovsky), the Elkhotovsky District (Russian: Эльхотовский район|El'khotovskiy rayon; Ossetian; Ossetic: Елхоты район, Elkhoty rajon) was formed, separated from the northwestern part of the Pravoberezhny District. On 17 March 1935, the Elkhotovsky District was renamed the Kirovsky District by the Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR.