Chereksky District

Chereksky District Черекский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Kabardian	Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ
• Karachay-Balkar	Черек район
Mount Gestola in Chereksky District
Location of Chereksky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°19′N 43°36′E / 43.317°N 43.600°E / 43.317; 43.600
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kabardino-Balkar Republic[1]
Established	28 January 1935
Administrative center	Kashkhatau[1]
Area
• Total	2,210 km2 (850 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	26,956
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	27,945 (+3.7%)
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
• Urban	19.6%[2]
• Rural	80.4%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	10 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Chereksky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	83630000
Website	http://cr.adm-kbr.ru

Chereksky District (Russian: Черекский райо́н; Kabardian: Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Черек район, Çerek rayon) is an administrative^[1] and a municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 2,210 square kilometers (850 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the rural locality^[2] (a settlement) of Kashkhatau.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,956, with the population of Kashkhatau accounting for 19.6% of that number.^[3]

History

The district was called Sovetsky (Сове́тский) until May 5, 1994.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chereksky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its ten rural localities.^[1][2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chereksky Municipal District.^[5] Its rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district, with the exception of the settlement of Kashkhatau, which is incorporated as Kashkhatau Urban Settlement.^[5] The settlement of Kashkhatau serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district.

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• Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №12-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #12-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the publication date.).
• Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №13-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об статусе и границах муниципальных образований в Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #13-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).