Sunzhensky District (russian: Сунженский райо́н; inh, Шолжа шахьар, ''Šolža šaꜧar'') is an administrative and municipalLaw #5-RZ district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

), one of the four in the

Republic of Ingushetia Ingushetia (; russian: Ингуше́тия; inh, ГӀалгӏайче, Ghalghayče), officially the Republic of Ingushetia,; inh, Гӏалгӏай Мохк, Ghalghay Moxk is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. ...

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. It is made up of territory that was formerly part of the Sunzha Cossack Okrug . It is located in the eastern and central parts of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

is the town of Sunzha (called ''

stanitsa A stanitsa ( rus, станица, p=stɐˈnʲitsə; uk, станиця, stanytsya) is a village inside a Cossack host ( uk, військо, viys’ko; russian: казачье войско, kazach’ye voysko, sometimes translated as "Cossack Ar ...

Ordzhonikidzevskaya Sunzha (russian: Сунжа, Sunzha; inh, Шолжа-Пхье, Šolža-Pꜧe; is a town and the administrative center of the Sunzhensky District of the Republic of Ingushetia Russia. Before 2016 it was called Ordzhonikidzevskaya ( inh, Орд� ...

before 2016). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 116,470, with the population of Sunzha accounting for 52.9% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sunzhensky District is one of the four in the

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

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

Border issues

Sunzhensky and

Malgobeksky District Malgobeksky District (russian: Малгобе́кский райо́н; inh, Магӏалбика шахьар, ''Maghalbika šaꜧar'') is an administrative and municipalLaw #5-RZ district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, ...

s are a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border

delimitation Boundary delimitation (or simply delimitation) is the drawing of boundaries, particularly of electoral precincts, states, counties or other municipalities.

discussion.Chechnya, Ingushetia At Odds Over Border Delimitation
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. December 19, 2008

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* {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2012 Districts of Ingushetia