Leskensky District Explained

En Name:Leskensky District
Ru Name:Лескенский район
Loc Name1:Лэскэн къедзыгъуэ
Loc Lang1:Kabardian
Loc Name2:Лескен район
Loc Lang2:Karachay-Balkar
Image View:Центральная мечеть Аргудана.jpg
Coordinates:43.35°N 99°W
Federal Subject:Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Adm Data As Of:April 2014
Adm Ctr Type:selo
Adm Ctr Name:Anzorey
No Of Rural Localities:9
Mun Data As Of:April 2014
Mun Formation1:Leskensky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:9
Area Km2:523.06
Pop 2010Census:27840
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Established Date:2003
Website:https://web.archive.org/web/20150810032135/http://www.le.adm-kbr.ru/
Date:October 2012

Leskensky District (Russian: Лескенский райо́н; Kabardian: Лэскэн къедзыгъуэ; Ossetian; Ossetic: Лескени уойлат; Karachay-Balkar: Лескен район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[2] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 523.06km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Anzorey. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 27,840, with the population of Anzorey accounting for 23.5% of that number.

History

The district was established in 2003.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Leskensky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its nine rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Leskensky Municipal District. Its nine rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Anzorey serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #12-RZ
  2. Law #13-RZ