Shelkovskoy District (russian: Шелковско́й райо́н; ce, Шелковскан кӀошт, ''Şelkovskan khoşt'') is an administrative
[Decree #500] and municipal
[Law #42-RZ] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
fifteen in the
Chechen Republic
Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a ''
stanitsa
A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Ar ...
'') of
Shelkovskaya
Shelkovskaya (russian: Шелковская; ce, Мохне, lit. ''place where is wind'' or Шелковски; ''Moxne'', ''Şelkovski'') is a rural locality (a ''stanitsa'') and the administrative center of Shelkovskoy District of the Chechen ...
.
Population: 50,233 (
2002 Census);
The population of Shelkovskaya accounts for 20.8% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Chechnya