Baksansky District (russian: Бакса́нский райо́н; kbd, Бэхъсэн къедзыгъуэ; krc, Бахсан район, ''Baxsan rayon'') is an administrative
[Law #12-RZ] and a municipal
[Law #13-RZ] district (
raion
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), one of the
ten
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* one of the years 10 BC, AD 10, 1910 and 2010
* October, the tenth month of the year
Places
* Mount Ten, in Vietnam
* Tongren Fenghuang Airport (IATA code ...
in the
Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Baksan (which is not administratively a part of the district).
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 60,970.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Baksansky District is one of the
ten
Ten, TEN or 10 may refer to:
* 10, an even natural number following 9 and preceding 11
* one of the years 10 BC, AD 10, 1910 and 2010
* October, the tenth month of the year
Places
* Mount Ten, in Vietnam
* Tongren Fenghuang Airport (IATA code ...
in the
Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik ...
and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its thirteen
rural localities.
The town of
Baksan serves as its
administrative center
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, despite being incorporated separately as a
town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Baksansky Municipal District.
Its thirteen rural localities are incorporated into thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The town of republic significance of Baksan is incorporated separately from the district as Baksan Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.
References
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Districts of Kabardino-Balkaria
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