Leskensky District

Leskensky District
Лескенский район
District
Other transcription(s)
 • KabardianЛэскэн къедзыгъуэ
 • Karachay-BalkarЛескен район
Central Mosque, Argudana, Lesensky District
Central Mosque, Argudana, Lesensky District
Flag of Leskensky District
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Location of Leskensky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°21′N 43°56′E / 43.350°N 43.933°E / 43.350; 43.933
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKabardino-Balkar Republic[1]
Established2003
Administrative centerAnzorey[1]
Area
 • Total
523.06 km2 (201.95 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[2]
 • Total
27,840
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Inhabited localities[1]9 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asLeskensky Municipal District[3]
 • Municipal divisions[3]0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[4])
OKTMO ID83618000
Website[1]

Leskensky District (Russian: Лескенский райо́н; Kabardian: Лэскэн къедзыгъуэ; Ossetian: Лескени уойлат; Karachay-Balkar: Лескен район, romanized: Lesken rayon) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[3] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 523.06 square kilometers (201.95 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Anzorey.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 27,840, with the population of Anzorey accounting for 23.5% of that number.[2]

History

The district was established in 2003.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Leskensky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its nine rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Leskensky Municipal District.[3] Its nine rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district.[3] The selo of Anzorey serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[3] district.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Law #12-RZ
  2. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Law #13-RZ
  4. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

Sources

  • Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №12-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #12-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the publication date.).
  • Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №13-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об статусе и границах муниципальных образований в Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #13-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).