En Name: | Zelenchuksky District |
Ru Name: | Зеленчукский район |
Loc Name1: | Зеленчук район |
Loc Lang1: | Karachay-Balkar |
Image View: | Water falling from heavens.jpg |
Coordinates: | 43.85°N 77°W |
Federal Subject: | Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | July 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | stanitsa |
Adm Ctr Name: | Zelenchukskaya |
No Of Rural Localities: | 17 |
Mun Data As Of: | June 2008 |
Mun Formation1: | Zelenchuksky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 9 |
Area Km2: | 2931 |
Pop 2010Census: | 51780 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://zelenchukadmin.ru |
Date: | October 2012 |
Population of Zelenchuksky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 51,780 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 53,414 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 52,692 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 51,865 |
Zelenchuksky District (Russian: Зеленчу́кский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Зеленчук район, Zelençuk rayon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic. The area of the district is 2931km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Zelenchukskaya. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 51,780, with the population of Zelenchukskaya accounting for 37.6% of that number.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zelenchuksky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its seventeen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zelenchuksky Municipal District. Its seventeen rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The stanitsa of Zelenchukskaya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.