Urupsky District Explained

En Name:Urupsky District
Ru Name:Урупский район
Loc Name1:Уруп район
Loc Lang1:Karachay-Balkar
Loc Name2:Уэрп къедзыгъуэ
Loc Lang2:Kabardian
Loc Name3:Уарп район
Loc Lang3:Abaza
Image View:Озеро Безмолвия (большое Имеретинское).JPG
Coordinates:43.95°N 52°W
Federal Subject:Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Adm Data As Of:July 2011
Adm Ctr Type:stanitsa
Adm Ctr Name:Pregradnaya
No Of Urban-Type Settlements:1
No Of Rural Localities:15
Mun Data As Of:June 2008
Mun Formation1:Urupsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:6
Area Km2:2782
Pop 2010Census:24404
Urban Pop 2010Census:24.4%
Rural Pop 2010Census:75.6%
Website:http://urupadm.ru
Date:October 2012
Population of Urupsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:24,404
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:18,654
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:21,824
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:22,213

Urupsky District (Russian: Уру́пский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Уруп район, Urup rayon; Kabardian: Уэрп къедзыгъуэ; Уарп 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 west of the republic. The area of the district is 2782km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Pregradnaya. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 24,404, with the population of Pregradnaya accounting for 30.6% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Urupsky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one urban-type settlement (Mednogorsky) and fifteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Urupsky Municipal District. The urban-type settlement of Mednogorsky is incorporated into an urban settlement, while the fifteen rural localities are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district. The stanitsa of Pregradnaya 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 #42-RZ