Chereksky District

Chereksky District
Черекский район (Russian)
Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ (Kabardian)
Черек район (Karachay-Balkar)

Location of Chereksky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°19′N 43°36′E / 43.317°N 43.600°E / 43.317; 43.600Coordinates: 43°19′N 43°36′E / 43.317°N 43.600°E / 43.317; 43.600

Mount Gestola in Chereksky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Kabardino-Balkar Republic[1]
Administrative structure (as of April 2014)
Administrative center settlement of Kashkhatau[1]
Inhabited localities:[1]
Rural localities 10
Municipal structure (as of April 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Chereksky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 9
Statistics
Area 2,210 km2 (850 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 26,956 inhabitants[3]
• Urban 19.6%[4]
• Rural 80.4%
Density 12.2/km2 (32/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Official website
Chereksky District on WikiCommons
Population of Chereksky District
2010 Census 26,956[3]
2002 Census 25,927[7]
1989 Census 22,079[8]
1979 Census 21,603[9]

Chereksky District (Russian: Черекский райо́н; Kabardian: Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Черек 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 central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 2,210 square kilometers (850 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality[4] (a settlement) of Kashkhatau.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,956, with the population of Kashkhatau accounting for 19.6% of that number.[3]

History

The district was called Sovetsky (Сове́тский) until May 5, 1994.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chereksky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its ten rural localities.[1][4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chereksky Municipal District.[2] Its rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district, with the exception of the settlement of Kashkhatau, which is incorporated as Kashkhatau Urban Settlement.[2] The settlement of Kashkhatau serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[2] district.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Law #12-RZ
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #13-RZ
  3. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 The settlement of Kashkhatau is listed as an urban-type settlement in the 2010 Census results and is municipally incorporated as an urban settlement. However, according to Law #12-RZ, only towns are considered to be urban localities in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic.
  5. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value is only approximate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России. (All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia.)". Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года (All-Union Population Census of 1979) (in Russian). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1979. Retrieved 2008-11-25.

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.