*** Welcome to piglix ***

Urvansky District

Urvansky District
Урванский район (Russian)
Аруан къедзыгъуэ (Kabardian)
Урван район (Karachay-Balkar)
Location of Urvansky District (Kabardino-Balkaria).svg
Location of Urvansky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Coordinates: 43°33′N 43°51′E / 43.550°N 43.850°E / 43.550; 43.850Coordinates: 43°33′N 43°51′E / 43.550°N 43.850°E / 43.550; 43.850
Псыгансу.jpg
Psyguensu, Urvansky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Administrative structure (as of April 2014)
Administrative center town of Nartkala
Inhabited localities:
Cities/towns 1
Rural localities 12
Municipal structure (as of April 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Urvansky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 11
Statistics
Area 458 km2 (177 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 71,782 inhabitants
• Urban 44.2%
• Rural 55.8%
Density 156.73/km2 (405.9/sq mi)
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)
Official website
on
Population of Urvansky District
2010 Census 71,782
2002 Census 104,126
1989 Census 82,727
1979 Census 74,437

Urvansky District (Russian: Урва́нский райо́н; Kabardian: Аруан къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Урван район) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 458 square kilometers (177 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Nartkala. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 71,782, with the population of Nartkala accounting for 44.2% of that number.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Urvansky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Nartkala) and twelve rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Urvansky Municipal District. The town of Nartkala is incorporated as an urban settlement and the twelve rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Nartkala serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.


...
Wikipedia

...