Baksansky District Баксанский район (Russian) Бэхъсэн къедзыгъуэ (Kabardian) Басхан район (Karachay-Balkar) |
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Location of Baksansky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic |
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Coordinates: 43°41′N 43°32′E / 43.683°N 43.533°ECoordinates: 43°41′N 43°32′E / 43.683°N 43.533°E | |
Landscape near the selo of Verkhny Kurkuzhin in Baksansky District |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kabardino-Balkar Republic |
Administrative structure (as of April 2014) | |
Administrative center | town of Baksan |
Inhabited localities: | |
Rural localities | 13 |
Municipal structure (as of April 2014) | |
Municipally incorporated as | Baksansky Municipal District |
Municipal divisions: | |
Urban settlements | 0 |
Rural settlements | 13 |
Statistics | |
Area | 829.58 km2 (320.30 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | 60,970 inhabitants |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Density | 73.5/km2 (190/sq mi) |
Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
Official website | |
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2010 Census | 60,970 |
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2002 Census | 114,888 |
1989 Census | 96,259 |
1979 Census | 86,171 |
Baksansky District (Russian: Бакса́нский райо́н; Kabardian: Бэхъсэн къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Басхан район) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 829.58 square kilometers (320.30 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Baksan (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 60,970.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baksansky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its thirteen rural localities. The town of Baksan serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.