Country Russia Rural localities 11 Area 1,613 km² | Federal subject Republic of Ingushetia Urban settlements 0 | |
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Administrative center stanitsa of Ordzhonikidzevskaya Municipally incorporated as | ||
Sunzhensky District (Russian: Сунженский райо́н; Ingush: Шолжа шахьар) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is located in the eastern and central parts of the republic. The area of the district is 1,513 square kilometers (584 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Ordzhonikidzevskaya. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 116,470, with the population of Ordzhonikidzevskaya accounting for 52.9% of that number.
Contents
- Map of Sunzhensky District Ingushetia Russia
- Administrative and municipal status
- Border issues
- References
Map of Sunzhensky District, Ingushetia, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sunzhensky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its eleven rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sunzhensky Municipal District. Its eleven rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. The stanitsa of Ordzhonikidzevskaya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
Border issues
Sunzhensky and Malgobeksky Districts are a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border delimitation discussion.