Baksan (town)

For other places with the same name, see Baksan (inhabited locality).

Baksan Баксан
Town[1]
Central Mosque of Baksan
Coat of arms
Location of Baksan
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Coordinates: 43°40′57″N 43°32′02″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kabardino-Balkaria[1]
Founded	1822
Town status since	1967[2]
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	36,860
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	town of republic significance of Baksan[1]
• Capital of	Baksansky District,[1] town of republic significance of Baksan[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Baksan Urban Okrug[4]
• Capital of	Baksansky Municipal District,[4] Baksan Urban Okrug[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	361530–361536, 361538
Dialing code(s)	+7 86634
OKTMO ID	83703000001
Website	www.gb.adm-kbr.ru

Baksan (Russian: Бакса́н; Kabardian: Бэхъсэн) is a town in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) northwest of Nalchik on the left bank of the Baksan River (Terek's basin). Population: 60,445 (2021 Census);[7] 36,860 (2010 Census);[3] 35,805 (2002 Census);[8] 28,767 (1989 Soviet census).[9]

History

It was founded in 1822 as a Russian military settlement.^[citation needed] In the 1860s, the Kabarda settlement of Kuchmazukino was founded to the east of Baksan; it was renamed Staraya Krepost in 1920. In 1891, to the west of the settlement, the selo of Baksan was founded. Baksan and Staraya Krepost were merged in 1960. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1965; town status was granted in 1967.[2]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baksan serves as the administrative center of Baksansky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Dygulybgey), incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Baksan—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Baksan is incorporated as Baksan Urban Okrug.[4]

Demographics

In 2021, population included:[10]

• Kabardians (93.4%)
• Russians (3.7%)
• Cherkess (2.2%)
• other ethnicities, comprising less than 1% of population each

References

Notes

1. Law #12-RZ
2. Энциклопедия Города России. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 33. ISBN 5-7107-7399-9.
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
4. Law #13-RZ
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
6. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
7. Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
8. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
9. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
10. "Национальный состав населения". Управление Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Северо-Кавказскому федеральному округу. Retrieved May 24, 2023.

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.).

External links

• Official website of Baksan Archived September 5, 2018, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
• Directory of organizations in Baksan (in Russian)