Prikubansky District
Прикубанский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Karachay-Balkar | Къобан район |
• Kabardian | Прикубанскэ район |
Coordinates: 44°16′N 42°14′E / 44.267°N 42.233°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Karachay-Cherkess Republic[1] |
Established | 1936 |
Administrative center | Kavkazsky[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 960 km2 (370 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 29,343 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 28,880 (−1.6%) |
• Density | 31/km2 (79/sq mi) |
• Urban | 3.7% |
• Rural | 96.3% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 1 Urban-type settlements[4], 23 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Prikubansky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 1 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 91625000 |
Website | http://www.admprik.ru |
2010 Census | 29,343[2] |
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2002 Census | 35,547[7] |
1989 Census | 32,693[8] |
1979 Census | 31,353[9] |
Prikubansky District (Russian: Прикуба́нский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Къобан район, Qoban rayon; Kabardian: Прикубанскэ район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[5] 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 960 square kilometers (370 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Kavkazsky.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 29,343, with the population of Kavkazsky accounting for 10.3% of that number.[2]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prikubansky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one urban-type settlement (Udarny) and twenty-three rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Prikubansky Municipal District.[5] The urban-type settlement of Udarny is incorporated into an urban settlement, while the twenty-three rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The settlement of Kavkazsky serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[5] district.