Terek (;
Kabardian: ) is a
town
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and the
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of
Tersky District
Tersky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia:
*Tersky District, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, an administrative and municipal district of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
*Tersky District, Murmansk Oblas ...
of the
Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
Kabardino-Balkaria (), officially the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 904,200. Its capital is Nalchik. The area contains the highest mountain in ...
,
Russia
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, located on the right bank of the
Terek River
The Terek () is a major river in the Northern Caucasus. It originates in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia and flows through North Caucasus region of Russia into the Caspian Sea. It rises near the juncture of the Greater Caucasus ...
, east of
Nalchik
Nalchik (, ; ; ) is the capital city of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwest of Beslan (Beslan is in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania). It covers an area of ...
. Population:
History
Founded in 1876, it was granted
urban-type settlement
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status in 1945 and town status in 1967.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Terek serves as the
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of
Tersky District
Tersky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia:
*Tersky District, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, an administrative and municipal district of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
*Tersky District, Murmansk Oblas ...
, to which it is directly subordinated.
[Law #12-RZ] As a
municipal division, the
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of Terek is incorporated within Tersky Municipal District as Terek Urban Settlement.
[Law #13-RZ]
Demographics
Population:
Ethnic composition
As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:
*
Kabardins
The Kabardians ( Kabardian: Къэбэрдей адыгэхэр; Adyghe: Къэбэртай адыгэхэр; ) or Kabardinians are one of the twelve major Circassian tribes, representing one of the twelve stars on the green-and-gold Cir ...
: 82.8%
*
Russians
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: 12.0%
*
Ossetians
The Ossetians ( or ; ),Merriam-Webster (2021), s.v"Ossete" also known as Ossetes ( ), Ossets ( ), and Alans ( ), are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the northern and southern side ...
: 1.3%
*Other ethnicities: 3.9%
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Cities and towns in Kabardino-Balkaria