Zolsky District

Zolsky District Зольский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Kabardian	Дзэлыкъуэ къедзыгъуэ
• Karachay-Balkar	Зольск район
Lake Tambukan is partially located in Zolsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Zolsky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°54′N 43°13′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kabardino-Balkar Republic[1]
Established	1937
Administrative center	Zalukokoazhe[1]
Area
• Total	2,124 km^2 (820 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	48,939
• Density	23/km^2 (60/sq mi)
• Urban	20.1%[2]
• Rural	79.9%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	19 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Zolsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	1 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	83615000
Website	[1]

Population of Zolsky District

2010 Census	48,939[3]
2002 Census	50,634[6]
1989 Census	38,785[7]
1979 Census	36,571[8]

Zolsky District (Russian: Зо́льский райо́н; Kabardian: Дзэлыкъуэ къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Зольск район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[4] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the western and northwestern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 2,124 square kilometers (820 sq mi).^[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality[2] (a settlement) of Zalukokoazhe.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 48,939, with the population of Zalukokoazhe accounting for 20.1% of that number.[3]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zolsky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its nineteen rural localities.[1][2] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zolsky Municipal District.[4] Its rural localities are incorporated into fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district, except for the settlement of Zalukokoazhe, which is incorporated as Zalukokoazhe Urban Settlement.[4] The settlement of Zalukokoazhe serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[4] districts.

References

Notes

1. Law #12-RZ
2. The settlement of Zalukokoazhe is listed as an urban-type settlement in the 2010 Census results. However, according to Law #12-RZ, only towns are considered to be urban localities in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic.
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. 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).
7. 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.
8. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.

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.).