Sunzhensky District, Republic of Ingushetia
Sunzhensky District (Russian: Сунженский райо́н; Ingush: Шолжа шахьар, Šolža šaꜧar) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is made up of territory that was formerly part of the Sunzha Cossack Okrug . It is located in the eastern and central parts of the republic. The area of the district is 1,513 square kilometers (584 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Sunzha (called stanitsa Ordzhonikidzevskaya before 2016).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 116,470, with the population of Sunzha accounting for 52.9% of that number.[1]
Sunzhensky District
Сунженский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Ingush | Шолжа шахьар |
 Entrance to the selo of Alkhasty in Sunzhensky District | |
.svg) Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sunzhensky District in the Republic of Ingushetia | |
| Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°04′E / 43.317°N 45.067°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Ingushetia[1] |
| Established | 4 June 1992 |
| Administrative center | Sunzha[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,513 km2 (584 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 116,470 |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 11 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sunzhensky Municipal District[2] |
| • Municipal divisions[2] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [3]) |
| OKTMO ID | 26610000 |
| Website | http://sunja-ri.ru |
| 2010 Census | 116,470[1] |
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| 2002 Census | 119,826[4] |
Administrative and municipal status
editWithin the framework of administrative divisions, Sunzhensky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its eleven rural localities.[citation needed] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sunzhensky Municipal District.[2] Its eleven rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.[2] The stanitsa of Sunzha serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[2] district.
Border issues
editSunzhensky and Malgobeksky Districts are a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border delimitation discussion.[5]
References
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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 #5-RZ
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ^ Chechnya, Ingushetia At Odds Over Border Delimitation. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. December 19, 2008
Sources
edit- Народное Собрание Республики Ингушетия. Закон №5-РЗ от 23 февраля 2009 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Республики Ингушетия и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа», в ред. Закона №9-РЗ от 4 марта 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Республики Ингушетия "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Республики Ингушетия и наделении их статусом сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ингушетия", №26–27, 3 марта 2009 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Ingushetia. Law #5-RZ of February 23, 2009 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Ingushetia and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #9-RZ of March 4, 2014 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Ingushetia "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Ingushetia and on Granting Them the Status of a Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).