Zelenchuksky District (Russian: Зеленчу́кский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Зеленчук район, Zelençuk rayon) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic. The area of the district is 2,931 square kilometers (1,132 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Zelenchukskaya.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 51,780, with the population of Zelenchukskaya accounting for 37.6% of that number.[2]

Zelenchuksky District Зеленчукский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Karachay-Balkar	Зеленчук район
A waterfall near the selo of Arkhyz in Zelenchuksky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zelenchuksky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Coordinates: 43°51′N 41°36′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Karachay-Cherkess Republic[1]
Established	1922
Administrative center	Zelenchukskaya[1]
Area
• Total	2,931 km2 (1,132 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	51,780
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	48,343 (−6.6%)
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	17 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Zelenchuksky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 Urban settlements, 9 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	91610000
Website	http://zelenchukadmin.ru

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zelenchuksky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its seventeen rural localities.[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zelenchuksky Municipal District.[4] Its seventeen rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The stanitsa of Zelenchukskaya serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] 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 №43-РЗ от 7 декабря 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований на территории Зеленчукского 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 #43-RZ of December 7, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Zelenchuksky 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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