Nazranovsky District (russian: Назра́новский райо́н; inh, Наьсарен шахьар, ''Näsaren šaꜧar'') is an administrative and municipalLaw #5-RZ district (

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), one of the

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in the

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. It is located in the central and western parts of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Nazran , ''Näsare'') is the largest city in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It served as the republic's capital in 1991–2000, until it was replaced with Magas, which was specially built for this purpose. It is the most populous city in the republic: ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 87,851.

Administrative and municipal status

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

in the

and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its ten rural localities. The town of

serves as its

, 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 Nazranovsky Municipal District. Its ten rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of republic significance of Nazran is incorporated separately from the district as Nazran Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

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