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Abazinsky District

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Coat of arms
  
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Administrative center
  
aul of Inzhich-Chukun

Area
  
300.2 km²

Country
  
Russia

Rural localities
  
5

Founded
  
2006

Abazinsky District

Federal subject
  
Karachay-Cherkess Republic

Municipally incorporated as
  
Abazinsky Municipal District

Abazinsky District (Russian: Абази́нский райо́н; Abaza: Абаза район; Karachay-Balkar: Абаза район; Kabardian: Абазэ куей) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 182 square kilometers (70 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (an aul) of Inzhich-Chukun. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 17,069, with the population of Inzhich-Chukun accounting for 15.2% of that number.

Contents

Map of Abazinsky District, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia

History

The district was established in 2006.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Abazinsky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Abazinsky Municipal District. Its five rural localities are incorporated into five rural settlements within the municipal district. The aul of Inzhich-Chukun serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

References

Abazinsky District Wikipedia