Sunzhensky District (Russian: Сунженский райо́н; Ingush: Шолжа шахьар, Šolža šaꜧar) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] 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
District
Other transcription(s)
• Ingush	Шолжа шахьар
Entrance to the selo of Alkhasty in Sunzhensky District
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Location of Sunzhensky District in the Republic of Ingushetia
Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°04′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  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	116,470
• Estimate  (2018)[2]	59,359 (−49%)
• 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[3]
• Municipal divisions[3]	0 Urban settlements, 11 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
OKTMO ID	26610000
Website	http://sunja-ri.ru

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.^{[citation needed]} As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sunzhensky Municipal District.[3] Its eleven rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.[3] The stanitsa of Sunzha serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[3] district.

Border issues

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

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.).

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[ru] Сунженский район (Ингушетия)