Zelenchuksky District
Zelenchuksky District
Зеленчукский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Karachay-Balkar | Зеленчук район |
A waterfall near the selo of Arkhyz in Zelenchuksky District | |
Location of Zelenchuksky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic | |
| Coordinates: 43°51′N 41°36′E / 43.850°N 41.600°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
| Established | 1922 |
| Administrative center | Zelenchukskaya |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,931 km2 (1,132 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 51,780 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 17 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Zelenchuksky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 91610000 |
| Website | http://zelenchukadmin.ru |
| 2010 Census | 51,780 |
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| 2002 Census | 53,414 |
| 1989 Census | 52,692 |
| 1979 Census | 51,865 |
Zelenchuksky District (Russian: Зеленчу́кский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Зеленчук район, Zelençuk rayon) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic. The area of the district is 2,931 square kilometers (1,132 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Zelenchukskaya. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 51,780, with the population of Zelenchukskaya accounting for 37.6% of that number.