Country Russia Urban settlements 0 | Rural localities 17 Area 2,931 km² | |
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Federal subject Karachay-Cherkess Republic Administrative center stanitsa of Zelenchukskaya Municipally incorporated as | ||
Zelenchuksky District (Russian: Зеленчу́кский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Инджик район; Kabardian: Инджыдж куей; Abaza: Йынджьыгь район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic. The area of the district is 2,931 square kilometers (1,132 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Zelenchukskaya. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 51,780, with the population of Zelenchukskaya accounting for 37.6% of that number.
Contents
- Map of Zelenchuksky District Karachay Cherkessia Russia
- Administrative and municipal status
- References
Map of Zelenchuksky District, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zelenchuksky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its seventeen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zelenchuksky Municipal District. Its seventeen rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The stanitsa of Zelenchukskaya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.