Leskensky District (russian: Лескенский райо́н; kbd, Лэскэн къедзыгъуэ; os, Лескены район; krc, Лескен район) is an administrativeLaw #12-RZ and a municipalLaw #13-RZ district (

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), one of the

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in the

Kabardino-Balkar Republic The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik� ...

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. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of

Anzorey Anzorey (russian: Анзорей, kbd, Андзорей) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Leskensky District of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcont ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 27,840, with the population of Anzorey accounting for 23.5% of that number.

History

The district was established in 2003.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Leskensky District is one of the

in the

and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its nine rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Leskensky Municipal District. Its nine rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of

serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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