Karachayevsky District
| Karachayevsky District Карачаевский район (Russian) Къарачай район (Karachay-Balkar) Къэрэшей район (Kabardian) Къарча район (Abaza) |
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.svg) Location of Karachayevsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
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| Coordinates: 43°46′N 41°54′E / 43.767°N 41.900°ECoordinates: 43°46′N 41°54′E / 43.767°N 41.900°E | |
 Lake Tretye Badukskoye in Karachayevsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
| Administrative structure (as of July 2011) | |
| Administrative center | town of Karachayevsk |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 2 |
| Rural localities | 17 |
| Municipal structure (as of June 2008) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Karachayevsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 2 |
| Rural settlements | 13 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,916 km2 (1,512 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 30,376 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 20.5% |
| • Rural | 79.5% |
| Density | 7.76/km2 (20.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Official website | |
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| 2010 Census | 30,376 |
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| 2002 Census | 26,255 |
| 1989 Census | 24,895 |
| 1979 Census | 22,360 |
Karachayevsky District (Russian: Карача́евский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Къарачай район; Kabardian: Къэрэшей район; Abaza: Къарча район) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the central and southern parts of the republic. The area of the district is 3,916 square kilometers (1,512 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Karachayevsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 30,376.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Karachayevsky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over two urban-type settlements (Novy Karachay and Pravokubansky) and seventeen rural localities. The town of Karachayevsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
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