Leskensky District (Russian: Лескенский райо́н; Kabardian: Лэскэн къедзыгъуэ; Ossetian: Лескены район; Karachay-Balkar: Лескен район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[4] 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
District
Other transcription(s)
• Kabardian	Лэскэн къедзыгъуэ
• Karachay-Balkar	Лескен район
Central Mosque, Argudana, Lesensky District
Location of Leskensky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°21′N 43°56′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  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	27,840
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	29,435 (+5.7%)
• 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[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 Urban settlements, 9 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	83618000
Website

History

The district was established in 2003.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within 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.[4] Its nine rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Anzorey serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] district.

References

Notes

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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[ru] Лескенский район