Elbrussky District (; ; Kabardian: ) is an administrativeLaw #12-RZ and a municipalLaw #13-RZ district (

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), one of the

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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 ...

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. It is located in the western and southwestern parts of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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Tyrnyauz Tyrnyauz (; , ''Tırnıawuz'') is a town and the administrative center of Elbrussky District of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located on the main road leading to the Upper Baksan valley area and on the main climbing route for Mount ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 36,260, with the population of Tyrnyauz accounting for 57.9% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Elbrussky District is one of the

in the

and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (

) and ten rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Elbrussky Municipal District. The town of Tyrnyauz is incorporated as an urban settlement and the ten rural localities are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Tyrnyauz serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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