En Name: | Sunzhensky District |
Ru Name: | Сунженский район |
Loc Name1: | Шолжа шахьар |
Loc Lang1: | Ingush |
Image View: | Alhasty-2.jpg |
Coordinates: | 43.3167°N 49°W |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Ingushetia |
Adm Data As Of: | 2010 |
Adm Ctr Type: | stanitsa |
Adm Ctr Name: | Sunzha |
No Of Rural Localities: | 11 |
Mun Data As Of: | March 2014 |
Mun Formation1: | Sunzhensky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 11 |
Area Km2: | 1513 |
Pop 2010Census: | 116470 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://sunja-ri.ru |
Date: | October 2012 |
Population of Sunzhensky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 116,470 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 119,826 |
Sunzhensky District (Russian: Сунженский райо́н; Ingush: Шолжа шахьар, Šolža šaꜧar) is an administrative and municipal[1] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is made up of territory that was formerly part of the Sunzha Cossack Okrug . It is located in the eastern and central parts of the republic. The area of the district is 1513km2. Its administrative center is the town of Sunzha (called stanitsa Ordzhonikidzevskaya before 2016). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 116,470, with the population of Sunzha accounting for 52.9% of that number.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sunzhensky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its eleven rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sunzhensky Municipal District. Its eleven rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. The stanitsa of Sunzha serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
Sunzhensky and Malgobeksky Districts are a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border delimitation discussion.[2]