Leskensky District Лескенский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Kabardian	Лэскэн къедзыгъуэ
• Karachay-Balkar	Лескен район
Central Mosque, Argudana, Lesensky District
Flag
Location of Leskensky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°21′N 43°56′E / 43.350°N 43.933°E / 43.350; 43.933
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kabardino-Balkar Republic [1]
Established	2003
Administrative center	Anzorey [1]
Area
• Total	523.06 km2 (201.95 sq mi)
Population  ( 2010 Census) [2]
• Total	27,840
• Estimate  (2018) [3]	29,435 (+5.7%)
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
•  Urban	0%
•  Rural	100%
Administrative structure
•  Inhabited localities [1]	9 rural localities
Municipal structure
•  Municipally incorporated as	Leskensky Municipal District [4]
•  Municipal divisions [4]	0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 ( MSK  [5])
OKTMO ID	83618000
Website	[1]

Leskensky District ( Russian: Лескенский райо́н; Kabardian: Лэскэн къедзыгъуэ; Ossetian: Лескени уойлат; Karachay-Balkar: Лескен 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 southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 523.06 square kilometers (201.95 sq mi).^{[ citation needed]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Anzorey. ^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 27,840, with the population of Anzorey accounting for 23.5% of that number. ^[2]

History

The district was established in 2003.^{[ citation needed]}

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Leskensky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its nine rural localities. ^[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Leskensky Municipal District. ^[4] Its nine rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district. ^[4] The selo of Anzorey serves as the administrative center of both the administrative ^[1] and municipal ^[4] district.

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• 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.).