Karachayevsky District

Karachayevsky District
Карачаевский район (Russian)
Къарачай район (Karachay-Balkar)
Къэрэшей район (Kabardian)
Къарча район (Abaza)

Location of Karachayevsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic

Lake Tretye Badukskoye in Karachayevsky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Karachay-Cherkess Republic[1]
Administrative structure (as of July 2011)
Administrative center town of Karachayevsk[1]
Inhabited localities:[1]
Urban-type settlements 2
Rural localities 17
Municipal structure (as of June 2008)
Municipally incorporated as Karachayevsky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 2
Rural settlements 13
Statistics
Area 3,916 km2 (1,512 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 30,376 inhabitants[3]
- Urban 20.5%
- Rural 79.5%
Density 7.76/km2 (20.1/sq mi)[4]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[5]
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Karachayevsky District (Russian: Карача́евский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Къарачай район; Kabardian: Къэрэшей район; Abaza: Къарча 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 central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 3,916 square kilometers (1,512 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Karachayevsk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 30,376(2010 Census);[3] 26,255 (2002 Census);[6] 24,895(1989 Census).[7]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Karachayevsky District is one of the ten in the republic.[1] The town of Karachayevsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Karachayevsky Municipal District.[2] The town of republic significance of Karachayevsk is incorporated separately from the district as Karachayevsky Urban Okrug.[8]

References

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Law #84-RZ
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Law #10-RZ
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. 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 may not be accurate 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.
  5. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 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 #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Law #9-RZ

Sources

Coordinates: 43°46′N 41°54′E / 43.767°N 41.900°E