Dzheyrakhsky District

Dzheyrakhsky District (Russian: Джейра́хский райо́н; Ingush: ЖӀайраха шахьар, Žyajraxa šaꜧar) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 628.14 kilometers (390.31 mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Dzheyrakh.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 2,638, with the population of Dzheyrakh accounting for 57.4% of that number.^[1]

Dzheyrakhsky District Джейрахский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Ingush	ЖӀайраха шахьар
Defense towers in the selo of Erzi in Dzheyrakhsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Dzheyrakhsky District in the Republic of Ingushetia
Coordinates: 42°49′N 44°41′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Ingushetia[1]
Established	October 1993[2]
Administrative center	Dzheyrakh[1]
Area [3]
• Total	628.14 km2 (242.53 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	2,638
• Density	4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities	85 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Dzheyrakhsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 5 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	26620000
Website	http://www.jeyrah.ru

Population of Dzheyrakhsky District

2010 Census	2,638[1]
2002 Census	2,334[6]

History

The district was established in October 1993.^[2]

Administrative structure

Number	Rural settlement	Administrative center	Number of localities	Population (2016)
1	Dzheyrakh rural settlement	selo Dzheyrakh	6	1939 [7]
2	Beyni rural settlement	selo Beyni	6	89
3	Guly rural settlement	selo Guly	60	244
4	Lyazhgi rural settlement	selo Lyazhgi	5	275
5	Olgetti rural settlement	Olgetti	8	336

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dzheyrakhsky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia^[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its eighty-five rural localities.^{[citation needed]} As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dzheyrakhsky Municipal District.^[4] Its eighty-five rural localities are incorporated into five rural settlements within the municipal district.^[4] The selo of Dzheyrakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district.

Culture

The Dzheyrakh-Assin historical and architectural museum and nature reserve, which includes the Tkhaba-Yerdy Church, is located within the district.