Ust-Dzhegutinsky District

Ust-Dzhegutinsky District (Russian: Усть-Джегути́нский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Джёгетей Аягъы район, Cögetey Ayağı rayon; Abaza: Усть-Джьгваты район; Kabardian: Жэгуэтэныпэ куей) is an administrative^[1] and a municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 992 square kilometers (383 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Ust-Dzheguta.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 50,641, with the population of Ust-Dzheguta accounting for 60.4% of that number.^[3]

Ust-Dzhegutinsky District Усть-Джегутинский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Karachay-Balkar	Джёгетей Аягъы район
• Abaza	Усть-Джьгваты район
• Kabardian	Жэгуэтэныпэ куей
Remains of the former Krasnogorsk Fortress in the stanitsa of Krasnogorskaya in Ust-Dzhegutinsky District
Location of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Coordinates: 44°06′N 41°59′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Karachay-Cherkess Republic[1]
Established	1957
Administrative center	Ust-Dzheguta[1]
Area [2]
• Total	992 km2 (383 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	50,641
• Density	51/km2 (130/sq mi)
• Urban	60.4%
• Rural	39.6%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	1 cities/towns, 9 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	91635000
Website	http://udmunicipal.ru/

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ust-Dzhegutinsky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (Ust-Dzheguta) and nine rural localities.^[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ust-Dzhegutinsky Municipal District.^[4] The town of Ust-Dzheguta is incorporated into an urban settlement, while the nine rural localities are incorporated into seven rural settlements within the municipal district.^[4] The town of Ust-Dzheguta serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1979	37,699	—
1989	46,136	+22.4%
2002	52,196	+13.1%
2010	50,641	−3.0%
2021	50,736	+0.2%
Source: Census data

References

Notes

1. Law #84-RZ
2. "General Information" (in Russian). Ust-Dzhegutinsky District. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
4. Law #21-RZ
5. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

Sources

• Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №84-РЗ от 24 февраля 2004 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Карачаево-Черкесской Республики», в ред. Закона №34-РЗ от 5 июля 2011 г «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Карачаево-Черкесской Республики в связи с изменением наименования должности высшего должностного лица Карачаево-Черкесской Республики». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №36-37 (16431), 28 февраля 2004 г. (People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic. Law #84-RZ of February 24, 2004 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, as amended by the Law #34-RZ of July 5, 2011 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic Due to the Change of the Title of the Top Executive Position of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic. Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Народное Собрание (Парламент) Карачаево-Черкесской Республики. Закон №21-РЗ от 14 января 2005 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований на территории Усть-Джегутинского района и наделении их соответствующим статусом», в ред. Закона №72-РЗ от 9 декабря 2010 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Карачаево-Черкесской Республики "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований на территории Усть-Джегутинского района и наделении их соответствующим статусом"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "День Республики", №11–12(16626), 22 января 2005 г. (People's Assembly (Parliament) of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Law #21-RZ of January 14, 2005 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District and on Granting Them Appropriate Status, as amended by the Law #72-RZ of December 9, 2010 On Amending the Law of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations on the Territory of Ust-Dzhegutinsky District and on Granting Them Appropriate Status". Effective as of the day of the official publication.).