Zolsky District Explained

En Name:Zolsky District
Ru Name:Зольский район
Loc Name1:Дзэлыкъуэ къедзыгъуэ
Loc Lang1:Kabardian
Loc Name2:Зольск район
Loc Lang2:Karachay-Balkar
Image View:Tambukan.jpg
Coordinates:43.9°N 56°W
Federal Subject:Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Adm Data As Of:April 2014
Adm Ctr Type:settlement
Adm Ctr Name:Zalukokoazhe
No Of Rural Localities:19
Mun Data As Of:April 2014
Mun Formation1:Zolsky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:1
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:15
Area Km2:2124
Pop 2010Census:48939
Urban Pop 2010Census:20.1%
Rural Pop 2010Census:79.9%
Website:https://web.archive.org/web/20100614194352/http://zo.adm-kbr.ru:80/
Date:October 2012
Population of Zolsky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:48,939
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:50,634
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:38,785
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:36,571

Zolsky District (Russian: Зо́льский райо́н; Kabardian: Дзэлыкъуэ къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Зольск район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[2] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the western and northwestern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 2124km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality[3] (a settlement) of Zalukokoazhe. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 48,939, with the population of Zalukokoazhe accounting for 20.1% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zolsky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its nineteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zolsky Municipal District. Its rural localities are incorporated into fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district, except for the settlement of Zalukokoazhe, which is incorporated as Zalukokoazhe Urban Settlement. The settlement of Zalukokoazhe serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal districts.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #12-RZ
  2. Law #13-RZ
  3. The settlement of Zalukokoazhe is listed as an urban-type settlement in the 2010 Census results. However, according to Law #12-RZ, only towns are considered to be urban localities in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic.