Urvansky District (Russian: Урва́нский райо́н; Kabardian: Аруан къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Урван район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[4] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 458 square kilometers (177 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the town of Nartkala.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 71,782, with the population of Nartkala accounting for 44.2% of that number.[2]

Urvansky District Урванский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Kabardian	Аруан къедзыгъуэ
• Karachay-Balkar	Урван район
Psyguensu, Urvansky District
Location of Urvansky District in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
Coordinates: 43°33′N 43°51′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kabardino-Balkar Republic[1]
Established	1 September 1921
Administrative center	Nartkala[1]
Area
• Total	458 km2 (177 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	71,782
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	73,851 (+2.9%)
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
• Urban	44.2%
• Rural	55.8%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 Cities/towns, 12 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Urvansky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	1 Urban settlements, 11 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	83640000
Website	http://www.ur.adm-kbr.ru

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Urvansky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Nartkala) and twelve rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Urvansky Municipal District.[4] The town of Nartkala is incorporated as an urban settlement and the twelve rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The town of Nartkala serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.

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Sources

• 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.).

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