Urvansky District (russian: Урва́нский райо́н; kbd, Аруан къедзыгъуэ; krc, Урван район) is an administrativeLaw #12-RZ and a municipalLaw #13-RZ district (

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), one of the ten in the

Kabardino-Balkarian 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 east of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Nartkala Nartkala ( rus, Нарткала́, p=nərtkɐˈɫa; Kabardian: ) is a town and the administrative center of Urvansky District of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, located northeast of Nalchik. Population: History It was founded in 191 ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 71,782, with the population of Nartkala accounting for 44.2% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Urvansky District is one of the ten in the

and has administrative jurisdiction over one town (

) and twelve rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Urvansky Municipal District. The town of Nartkala is incorporated as an urban settlement and the twelve rural localities are incorporated into eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of Nartkala serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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