Sunzhensky District, Republic of Ingushetia

For other places with the same name, see Sunzhensky District.
Sunzhensky District
Сунженский район (Russian)
Шолжа шахьар (Ingush)

Location of Sunzhensky District in the Republic of Ingushetia
Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°04′E / 43.317°N 45.067°E / 43.317; 45.067Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°04′E / 43.317°N 45.067°E / 43.317; 45.067

Entrance to the selo of Alkhasty in Sunzhensky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Republic of Ingushetia[1]
Administrative structure (as of 2010)
Administrative center stanitsa of Ordzhonikidzevskaya[1]
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities 11
Municipal structure (as of March 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Sunzhensky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 11
Statistics
Area 1,513 km2 (584 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 116,470 inhabitants[1]
 Urban 0%
 Rural 100%
Density 76.98/km2 (199.4/sq mi)[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Official website
Sunzhensky District on WikiCommons
Population of Sunzhensky District
2010 Census 116,470[1]
2002 Census 119,826[5]

Sunzhensky District (Russian: Сунженский райо́н; Ingush: Шолжа шахьар) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. 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). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Ordzhonikidzevskaya.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 116,470, with the population of Ordzhonikidzevskaya accounting for 52.9% of that number.[1]

Administrative and municipal status

Within 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. 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 Ordzhonikidzevskaya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[2] district.

Border issues

Sunzhensky and Malgobeksky Districts are a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border delimitation discussion.[6]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #5-RZ
  3. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Russian 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. Chechnya, Ingushetia At Odds Over Border Delimitation. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. December 19, 2008

Sources

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