Chereksky District (;
Kabardian: ; , ''Çerek rayon'') is an administrative
[Law #12-RZ] and a municipal
[Law #13-RZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
ten
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* one of the years 10 BC, AD 10, 1910, 2010, 2110
* October, the tenth month of the year
Places
* Mount Ten, in Vietnam
* Tongren Fenghuang Airport (IATA c ...
in the
Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Kabardino-Balkaria (), officially the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. As of the Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census, its population was 904,200. Its capital is Nalchik ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality
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[The settlement of Kashkhatau is listed as an ]urban-type settlement
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in the 2010 Census results and is municipally incorporated as an urban settlement
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*Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape Town in Western Cape
*Urban settlement, a ...
. However, according to Law #12-RZ, only towns are considered to be urban localities in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic. (a settlement) of
Kashkhatau.
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.
History
The district was called Sovetsky () until May 5, 1994.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Chereksky District is one of the
ten
Ten, TEN or 10 may refer to:
* 10, an even natural number following 9 and preceding 11
* one of the years 10 BC, AD 10, 1910, 2010, 2110
* October, the tenth month of the year
Places
* Mount Ten, in Vietnam
* Tongren Fenghuang Airport (IATA c ...
in the
Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Kabardino-Balkaria (), officially the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, is a Republics of Russia, republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. As of the Russian Census (2021), 2021 Census, its population was 904,200. Its capital is Nalchik ...
and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its ten
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chereksky Municipal District.
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.
The settlement of Kashkhatau serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Kabardino-Balkaria
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