Zelenchuksky District (russian: Зеленчу́кский райо́н; krc, Зеленчук район, ''Zelençuk rayon'') is an administrativeLaw #84-RZ and municipalLaw #43-RZ district (

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), one of the ten in the

Karachay-Cherkess Republic The Karachay-Cherkess Republic (russian: Карача́ево-Черке́сская Респу́блика, ''Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika''; krc, Къарачай-Черкес Республика, ''Qaraçay-Çerkes Respublika''; Cir ...

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

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is the

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(a ''

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'') of

Zelenchukskaya Zelenchukskaya (russian: Зеленчу́кская; krc, Зеленчук, ''Zelençuk'') is a rural locality (a ''stanitsa'') and the administrative center of Zelenchuksky District of the Karachay–Cherkess Republic, Russia,Appendix to Law ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 51,780, with the population of Zelenchukskaya accounting for 37.6% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

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

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

'' of

serves as the

of both the administrative and municipal district.

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