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.
The district was established in 2003.
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.