Sunzhensky otdel should not be confused with Sunzhensky District.
| Area Total Km2: | 22,694.30 |
| Established Date: | 1888 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1920 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Sunzhensky otdel | |
| Native Name: | Сунженскій отдѣлъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 100.00% |
| Population Total: | 74,505 |
| Seat: | Vladikavkaz |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Otdel |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Name2: | Terek |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Subdivision Type2: | Oblast |
| Total Type: | Total |
The Sunzhensky otdel was a Cossack district (otdel) of the Terek oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Sunzhensky otdel makes up part of the North Caucasian Federal District of Russia.
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Sunzhensky otdel were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-y uchastok | 26,148 | |
| 2-y uchastok | 32,511 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Sunzhensky otdel had a population of 115,370 on, including 58,502 men and 56,868 women. The majority of the population indicated Ingush to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian and Kabardian speaking minorities.
| Ingush | 46,214 | 40.06 | |
| Russian | 42,013 | 36.42 | |
| Kabardian | 16,088 | 13.94 | |
| Ukrainian | 3,891 | 3.37 | |
| Kumyk | 2,349 | 2.04 | |
| Chechen | 1,906 | 1.65 | |
| Ossetian | 871 | 0.75 | |
| German | 732 | 0.63 | |
| Georgian | 403 | 0.35 | |
| Belarusian | 233 | 0.20 | |
| Polish | 146 | 0.13 | |
| Armenian | 97 | 0.08 | |
| Tatar | 85 | 0.07 | |
| Imeretian | 61 | 0.05 | |
| Romani | 60 | 0.05 | |
| Avar-Andean | 47 | 0.04 | |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 41 | 0.04 | |
| Circassian | 25 | 0.02 | |
| Bashkir | 22 | 0.02 | |
| Jewish | 18 | 0.02 | |
| Persian | 11 | 0.01 | |
| Dargin | 9 | 0.01 | |
| Romanian | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Nogai | 5 | 0.00 | |
| Greek | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Other | 32 | 0.03 | |
| TOTAL | 115,370 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Sunzhensky otdel had a population of 74,505 on, including 37,527 men and 36,978 women, 64,420 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,085 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Number | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russians | 74,007 | 99.33 | |
| Georgians | 185 | 0.25 | |
| Armenians | 138 | 0.19 | |
| North Caucasians | 87 | 0.12 | |
| Other Europeans | 62 | 0.08 | |
| Sunni Muslims | 26 | 0.03 | |
| TOTAL | 74,505 | 100.00 |