Sunzhensky District, Republic of Ingushetia
District in Republic of Ingushetia, Russia
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Sunzhensky District (Russian: Сунженский райо́н; Ingush: Шолжа шахьар, Šolža šaꜧar) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is made up of territory that was formerly part of the Sunzha Cossack Okrug . 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).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Sunzha (called stanitsa Ordzhonikidzevskaya before 2016).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 116,470, with the population of Sunzha accounting for 52.9% of that number.[1]
Sunzhensky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Ingush | Шолжа шахьар |
Entrance to the selo of Alkhasty in Sunzhensky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sunzhensky District in the Republic of Ingushetia | |
| Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°04′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Ingushetia[1] |
| Established | 4 June 1992 |
| Administrative center | Sunzha[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,513 km2 (584 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 116,470 |
| • Density | 76.98/km2 (199.4/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 11 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sunzhensky Municipal District[2] |
| • Municipal divisions[2] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [3]) |
| OKTMO ID | 26610000 |
| Website | http://sunja-ri.ru |
| 2010 Census | 116,470[1] |
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| 2002 Census | 119,826[4] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sunzhensky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its eleven rural localities.[citation needed] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sunzhensky Municipal District.[2] Its eleven rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.[2] The stanitsa of Sunzha serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[2] district.