rural administration 19 Area 2,994 km² | Rural localities 25 Founded 1923 | |
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Shelkovskoy District (Russian: Шелковско́й райо́н; Chechen: Терка-Дехьаран кӏошт, Terka-Deẋaran k̇oşt) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 3,000 square kilometers (1,200 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Shelkovskaya. Population: 53,548 (2010 Census); 50,233 (2002 Census); 44,975 (1989 Census). The population of Shelkovskaya accounts for 20.8% of the district's total population.
Map of Shelkovskoy District, Chechnya, Russia
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