Zelenchuksky District Explained

En Name:Zelenchuksky District
Ru Name:Зеленчукский район
Loc Name1:Зеленчук район
Loc Lang1:Karachay-Balkar
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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.

Administrative and municipal status

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #84-RZ
  2. Law #43-RZ