Baksansky District
Baksansky District
Баксанский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Kabardian | Бэхъсэн къедзыгъуэ |
| • Karachay-Balkar | Бахсан район |
Landscape near the selo of Verkhny Kurkuzhin in Baksansky District | |
Location of Baksansky District in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic | |
| Coordinates: 43°41′N 43°32′E / 43.683°N 43.533°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kabardino-Balkarian Republic |
| Established | 1921 |
| Administrative center | Baksan |
| Area | |
• Total | 829.58 km2 (320.30 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 60,970 |
| • Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 13 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Baksansky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 83610000 |
| Website | http://ba.adm-kbr.ru |
| 2010 Census | 60,970 |
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| 2002 Census | 114,888 |
| 1989 Census | 96,259 |
| 1979 Census | 86,171 |
Baksansky District (Russian: Бакса́нский райо́н; Kabardian: Бэхъсэн къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Бахсан район, Baxsan rayon) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 829.58 square kilometers (320.30 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Baksan (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 60,970.