Zolsky District (russian: Зо́льский райо́н; kbd, Дзэлыкъуэ къедзыгъуэ; krc, Зольск район) is an administrativeLaw #12-RZ and a municipalLaw #13-RZ district (

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), one of the

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in the

Kabardino-Balkar 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 western and northwestern parts of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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The settlement of Zalukokoazhe is listed as an

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in the 2010 Census results. However, according to Law #12-RZ, only towns are considered to be urban localities in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic. (a settlement) of Zalukokoazhe. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 48,939, with the population of Zalukokoazhe accounting for 20.1% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

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

in the

and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its nineteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Zolsky Municipal District. Its rural localities are incorporated into fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district, except for the settlement of Zalukokoazhe, which is incorporated as Zalukokoazhe Urban Settlement. The settlement of Zalukokoazhe serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal districts.

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