Prikubansky District, Karachay-Cherkess Republic Explained

En Name:Prikubansky District
Ru Name:Прикубанский район
Loc Name1:Къобан район
Loc Lang1:Karachay-Balkar
Loc Name2:Прикубанскэ район
Loc Lang2:Kabardian
Image View:Prikubansky District, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia - panoramio (2).jpg
Coordinates:44.2667°N 56°W
Federal Subject:Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Adm Data As Of:July 2011
Adm Ctr Type:settlement
Adm Ctr Name:Kavkazsky
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:23
Mun Data As Of:November 2012
Mun Formation1:Prikubansky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:11
Area Km2:960
Pop 2010Census:29343
Urban Pop 2010Census:3.7%
Rural Pop 2010Census:96.3%
Website:http://www.admprik.ru
Date:October 2012
Population of Prikubansky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:29,343
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:35,547
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:32,693
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:31,353

Prikubansky District (Russian: Прикуба́нский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Къобан район, Qoban rayon; Kabardian: Прикубанскэ район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[2] district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 960km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Kavkazsky. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 29,343, with the population of Kavkazsky accounting for 10.3% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prikubansky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one urban-type settlement (Udarny) and twenty-three rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Prikubansky Municipal District. The urban-type settlement of Udarny is incorporated into an urban settlement, while the twenty-three rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. The settlement of Kavkazsky serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #84-RZ
  2. Law #44-RZ