Ust-Dzhegutinsky District
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District
Усть-Джегутинский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Karachay-Balkar | Джёгетей Аягъы район |
| • Abaza | Усть-Джьгваты район |
| • Kabardian | Жэгуэтэныпэ куей |
Remains of the former Krasnogorsk Fortress in the stanitsa of Krasnogorskaya in Ust-Dzhegutinsky District | |
Location of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic | |
| Coordinates: 44°06′N 41°59′E / 44.100°N 41.983°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
| Established | 1957 |
| Administrative center | Ust-Dzheguta |
| Area | |
• Total | 992 km2 (383 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 50,641 |
| • Density | 51/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 60.4% |
| • Rural | 39.6% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 9 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 91635000 |
| Website | http://udmunicipal.ru/ |
Ust-Dzhegutinsky District (Russian: Усть-Джегути́нский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Джёгетей Аягъы район, Cögetey Ayağı rayon; Abaza: Усть-Джьгваты район; Kabardian: Жэгуэтэныпэ куей) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 992 square kilometers (383 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Ust-Dzheguta. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 50,641, with the population of Ust-Dzheguta accounting for 60.4% of that number.