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]
Leskensky District
Лескенский район | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Kabardian | Лэскэн къедзыгъуэ |
| • Karachay-Balkar | Лескен район |
 Central Mosque, Argudana, Lesensky District | |
 Flag | |
 Location of Leskensky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic | |
| Coordinates: 43°21′N 43°56′E / 43.350°N 43.933°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kabardino-Balkar Republic[1] |
| Established | 2003 |
| Administrative center | Anzorey[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 523.06 km2 (201.95 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 27,840 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 9 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Leskensky Municipal District[3] |
| • Municipal divisions[3] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [4]) |
| OKTMO ID | 83618000 |
| Website | [1] |
History
editThe district was established in 2003.[citation needed]
Administrative and municipal status
editWithin 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
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Law #12-RZ
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f Law #13-RZ
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
Sources
edit- 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.).