Chereksky District

Chereksky District (Russian: Черекский райо́н; Kabardian: Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Черек район, Çerek rayon) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 2,210 square kilometers (850 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Kashkhatau. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,956, with the population of Kashkhatau accounting for 19.6% of that number.

Chereksky District
Черекский район
Other transcription(s)
  KabardianШэрэдж къедзыгъуэ
  Karachay-BalkarЧерек район
Mount Gestola in Chereksky District
Location of Chereksky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°19′N 43°36′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKabardino-Balkar Republic
Established28 January 1935
Administrative centerKashkhatau
Area
  Total2,210 km2 (850 sq mi)
Population
  Total26,956
  Estimate 
(2018)
27,945 (+3.7%)
  Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
  Urban
19.6%
  Rural
80.4%
Administrative structure
  Inhabited localities10 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asChereksky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions1 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID83630000
Websitehttp://cr.adm-kbr.ru
Population of Chereksky District
2010 Census26,956
2002 Census25,927
1989 Census22,079
1979 Census21,603
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