Baksansky District
Баксанский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Kabardian | Бэхъсэн къедзыгъуэ |
• Karachay-Balkar | Бахсан район |
![]() Landscape near the selo of Verkhny Kurkuzhin in Baksansky District | |
![]() Location of Baksansky District in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic | |
Coordinates: 43°41′N 43°32′E / 43.683°N 43.533°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kabardino-Balkarian Republic[1] |
Established | 1921![]() |
Administrative center | Baksan[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 829.58 km2 (320.30 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 60,970 |
• Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 13 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Baksansky Municipal District[3] |
• Municipal divisions[3] | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
OKTMO ID | 83610000 |
Website | http://ba.adm-kbr.ru |
2010 Census | 60,970[2] |
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2002 Census | 114,888[5] |
1989 Census | 96,259[6] |
1979 Census | 86,171[7] |
Baksansky District (Russian: Бакса́нский райо́н; Kabardian: Бэхъсэн къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Бахсан район, Baxsan rayon) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[3] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian 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).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Baksan (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 60,970.[2]