Malgobeksky District Explained

En Name:Malgobeksky District
Ru Name:Малгобекский район
Loc Name1:Магӏалбика шахьар
Loc Lang1:Ingush
Loc Name2:Малхабекан кӀошт
Loc Lang2:Chechen
Image View:New Redant.JPG
Coordinates:43.5167°N 79°W
Federal Subject:Republic of Ingushetia
Adm Data As Of:2010
Adm Ctr Type:town
Adm Ctr Name:Malgobek
No Of Rural Localities:12
Mun Data As Of:March 2014
Mun Formation1:Malgobeksky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:12
Area Km2:670
Pop 2010Census:47754
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://malgobek-rn.com
Date:November 2009
Population of Malgobeksky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:47,754
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:61,617
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:25,272
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:22,645

Malgobeksky District (Russian: Малгобе́кский райо́н; Ingush: Магӏалбика шахьар, Maghalbika šaꜧar) is an administrative and municipal[1] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 670km2.[2] Its administrative center is the town of Malgobek[3] (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 47,754.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Malgobeksky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its twelve rural localities. The town of Malgobek 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.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Malgobeksky Municipal District. Its twelve rural localities are incorporated into twelve rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of republic significance of Malgobek is incorporated separately from the district as Malgobek Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

Border issues

Malgobeksky and Sunzhensky Districts are a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border delimitation discussion.[4]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Law #5-RZ
  2. Web site: General Information. Malgobeksky District. russian. August 31, 2016.
  3. Web site: About the Region. Malgobeksky District (Official Site). Malgobeksky District. 22 October 2016.
  4. http://www.rferl.org/content/Chechnya_Ingushetia_At_Odds_Over_Border_Delimitation/1361549.html Chechnya, Ingushetia at Odds over Border Delimitation