Sunzhensky District
Сунженский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Ingush | Шолжа шахьар |
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Coordinates: 43°19′N 45°04′E / 43.317°N 45.067°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Ingushetia [1] |
Established | 4 June 1992 |
Administrative center | Sunzha [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,513 km2 (584 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 116,470 |
• Estimate (2018)
[2] | 59,359 (−49%) |
• Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities | 11 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Sunzhensky Municipal District [3] |
• Municipal divisions [3] | 0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 ( MSK [4]) |
OKTMO ID | 26610000 |
Website | http://sunja-ri.ru |
2010 Census | 116,470 [1] |
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2002 Census | 119,826 [5] |
Sunzhensky District ( Russian: Сунженский райо́н; Ingush: Шолжа шахьар, Šolža šaꜧar) is an administrative [1] and municipal [3] district ( raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is made up of territory that was formerly part of the Sunzha Cossack Okrug . It is located in the eastern and central parts of the republic. The area of the district is 1,513 square kilometers (584 sq mi).[ citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Sunzha (called stanitsa Ordzhonikidzevskaya before 2016). [1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 116,470, with the population of Sunzha accounting for 52.9% of that number. [1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sunzhensky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia [1] and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its eleven rural localities.[ citation needed] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Sunzhensky Municipal District. [3] Its eleven rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. [3] The stanitsa of Sunzha serves as the administrative center of both the administrative [1] and municipal [3] district.
Sunzhensky and Malgobeksky Districts are a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border delimitation discussion. [6]