Chereksky District

Chereksky District (Russian: Черекский райо́н; Kabardian: Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Черек район) 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). Its administrative center is the rural locality[4] (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.[2]

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
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kabardino-Balkar Republic[1]
Established	28 January 1935
Administrative center	Kashkhatau[1]
Area
• Total	2,210 km^2 (850 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	26,956
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	27,945 (+3.7%)
• Density	12/km^2 (32/sq mi)
• Urban	19.6%[4]
• 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

Population of Chereksky District

2010 Census	26,956[2]
2002 Census	25,927[7]
1989 Census	22,079[8]
1979 Census	21,603[9]

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][4] 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.

References

Notes

1. Law #12-RZ
2. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
3. "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
4. The settlement of Kashkhatau is listed as an urban-type settlement in the 2010 Census results and is municipally incorporated as an urban settlement. However, according to Law #12-RZ, only towns are considered to be urban localities in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic.
5. Law #13-RZ
6. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
7. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
8. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
9. "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России" [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.

Sources

• 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.).