Dzheyrakhsky District (Russian: Джейра́хский райо́н; Ingush: ЖӀайраха шахьар, Žyajraxa šaꜧar) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 628.14 kilometers (390.31 mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Dzheyrakh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 2,638, with the population of Dzheyrakh accounting for 57.4% of that number.[1]

Dzheyrakhsky District Джейрахский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Ingush	ЖӀайраха шахьар
Defense towers in the selo of Erzi in Dzheyrakhsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Dzheyrakhsky District in the Republic of Ingushetia
Coordinates: 42°49′N 44°41′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Ingushetia[1]
Established	October 1993[2]
Administrative center	Dzheyrakh[1]
Area [3]
• Total	628.14 km2 (242.53 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	2,638
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	2,981 (+13%)
• Density	4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities	85 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Dzheyrakhsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 Urban settlements, 5 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	26620000
Website	http://www.jeyrah.ru

History

The district was established in October 1993.[2]

Administrative structure

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dzheyrakhsky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its eighty-five rural localities.^{[citation needed]} As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dzheyrakhsky Municipal District.[5] Its eighty-five rural localities are incorporated into five rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Dzheyrakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[5] district.

Culture

The Dzheyrakh-Assin historical and architectural museum and nature reserve, including Tkhaba-Yerdy Church, is located in the district.

References

Notes

Sources

• 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.).