Karachayevsky District

Karachayevsky District (Russian: Карача́евский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Къарачай район, Qaraçay rayon; Kabardian: Къэрэшей район) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 3,916 square kilometers (1,512 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Karachayevsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 30,376.

Karachayevsky District
Карачаевский район
Other transcription(s)
  Karachay-BalkarКъарачай район
  KabardianКъэрэшей район
Lake Tretye Badukskoye in Karachayevsky District
Location of Karachayevsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Coordinates: 43°46′N 41°54′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectKarachay-Cherkess Republic
Established12 January 1957
Administrative centerKarachayevsk
Area
  Total3,916 km2 (1,512 sq mi)
Population
  Total30,376
  Estimate 
(2018)
31,835 (+4.8%)
  Density7.8/km2 (20/sq mi)
  Urban
20.5%
  Rural
79.5%
Administrative structure
  Inhabited localities2 Urban-type settlements, 17 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asKarachayevsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions2 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID91615000
Websitehttp://www.карачаевский-район.рф
Population of Karachayevsky District
2010 Census30,376
2002 Census26,255
1989 Census24,895
1979 Census22,360
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