Chereksky District
| Chereksky District Черекский район (Russian) Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ (Kabardian) Черек район (Karachay-Balkar) |
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.svg) Location of Chereksky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic |
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| Coordinates: 43°19′N 43°36′E / 43.317°N 43.600°ECoordinates: 43°19′N 43°36′E / 43.317°N 43.600°E | |
 Mount Gestola in Chereksky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kabardino-Balkar Republic |
| Administrative structure (as of April 2014) | |
| Administrative center | settlement of Kashkhatau |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 10 |
| Municipal structure (as of April 2014) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Chereksky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 1 |
| Rural settlements | 9 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,210 km2 (850 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 26,956 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 19.6% |
| • Rural | 80.4% |
| Density | 12.2/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
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| 2010 Census | 26,956 |
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| 2002 Census | 25,927 |
| 1989 Census | 22,079 |
| 1979 Census | 21,603 |
Chereksky District (Russian: Черекский райо́н; Kabardian: Шэрэдж къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Черек район) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 2,210 square kilometers (850 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a settlement) of Kashkhatau. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 26,956, with the population of Kashkhatau accounting for 19.6% of that number.
The district was called Sovetsky (Сове́тский) until May 5, 1994.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Chereksky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its ten rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Chereksky Municipal District. Its rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district, with the exception of the settlement of Kashkhatau, which is incorporated as Kashkhatau Urban Settlement. The settlement of Kashkhatau serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
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