Zelenchuksky District
District in Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia
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Zelenchuksky District (Russian: Зеленчу́кский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Зеленчук район, Zelençuk rayon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] 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).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Zelenchukskaya.[1] 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.[2]
Zelenchuksky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Karachay-Balkar | Зеленчук район |
A waterfall near the selo of Arkhyz in Zelenchuksky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Zelenchuksky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic | |
| Coordinates: 43°51′N 41°36′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Karachay-Cherkess Republic[1] |
| Established | 1922 |
| Administrative center | Zelenchukskaya[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,931 km2 (1,132 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 51,780 |
| • Density | 17.67/km2 (45.76/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 17 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Zelenchuksky Municipal District[3] |
| • Municipal divisions[3] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [4]) |
| OKTMO ID | 91610000 |
| Website | http://zelenchukadmin.ru |
| 2010 Census | 51,780[2] |
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| 2002 Census | 53,414[5] |
| 1989 Census | 52,692[6] |
| 1979 Census | 51,865[7] |
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.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zelenchuksky Municipal District.[3] Its seventeen rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district.[3] The stanitsa of Zelenchukskaya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[3] district.
