Urupsky District (Russian: Уру́пский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Уруп район, Urup rayon; Kabardian: Уэрп къедзыгъуэ; Abaza: Уарп район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[5] district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 2,782 square kilometers (1,074 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Pregradnaya.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 24,404, with the population of Pregradnaya accounting for 30.6% of that number.[2]

Urupsky District Урупский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Karachay-Balkar	Уруп район
• Kabardian	Уэрп къедзыгъуэ
• Abaza	Уарп район
Lake Bezmolviya, a protected area of Russia in Urupsky District
Location of Urupsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Coordinates: 43°57′N 41°11′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Karachay-Cherkess Republic[1]
Established	1938
Administrative center	Pregradnaya[1]
Area
• Total	2,782 km2 (1,074 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	24,404
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	22,763 (−6.7%)
• Density	8.8/km2 (23/sq mi)
• Urban	24.4%
• Rural	75.6%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 Urban-type settlements[4], 15 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Urupsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	1 Urban settlements, 6 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	91630000
Website	http://urupadm.ru

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Urupsky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one urban-type settlement (Mednogorsky) and fifteen rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Urupsky Municipal District.[5] The urban-type settlement of Mednogorsky is incorporated into an urban settlement, while the fifteen rural localities are incorporated into six rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The stanitsa of Pregradnaya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[5] district.

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• Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №84-РЗ от 24 февраля 2004 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Карачаево-Черкесской Республики», в ред. Закона №34-РЗ от 5 июля 2011 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Карачаево-Черкесской Республики в связи с изменением наименования должности высшего должностного лица Карачаево-Черкесской Республики». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №36-37 (16431), 28 февраля 2004 г. (People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic. Law #84-RZ of February 24, 2004 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, as amended by the Law #34-RZ of July 5, 2011 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic Due to the Change of the Title of the Top Executive Position of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic. Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №42-РЗ от 7 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований на территории Урупского района и наделении их соответствующим статусом», в ред. Закона №39-РЗ от 24 июня 2008 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Карачаево-Черкесской Республики». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №207–208(16602), 14 декабря 2004 г. (People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Law #42-RZ of December 7, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Urupsky District and on Granting Them Appropriate Status, as amended by the Law #39-RZ of June 24, 2008 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

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