Tersky District (russian: Те́рский райо́н; kbd, Тэрч къедзыгъуэ; krc, Терк район) 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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* 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� ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, L ...
is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares ...
of
Terek Terek may refer to:
Places China
* (), a list of township-level divisions of Xinjiang, town in Xinjiang, China
Kyrgyzstan
*Terek, Alay, a village in Alay District, Osh Region
*Terek, Kara-Kulja, a village in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region
*Terek ...
.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 51,220, with the population of Terek accounting for 37.4% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tersky 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 one town (
Terek Terek may refer to:
Places China
* (), a list of township-level divisions of Xinjiang, town in Xinjiang, China
Kyrgyzstan
*Terek, Alay, a village in Alay District, Osh Region
*Terek, Kara-Kulja, a village in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region
*Terek ...
) and twenty-six
rural localities
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.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tersky Municipal District.
The town of Terek is incorporated as an urban settlement and the twenty-six rural localities are incorporated into seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The town of Terek serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Kabardino-Balkaria
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