Chegemsky District
Encyclopedia
Chegemsky District is an administrative and a municipal district (raion
), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia
. Its administrative center is the town of Chegem
. District's population: 68,335 (2002 Census
); Population of Chegem accounts for 26.1% of the district's population.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Its administrative center is the town of Chegem
Chegem
Chegem is a town and the administrative center of Chegemsky District of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, located north of Nalchik, at the elevation of about . Population:...
. District's population: 68,335 (2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)
Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
); Population of Chegem accounts for 26.1% of the district's population.