Khabezsky District

Khabezsky District (Russian: Хабе́зский райо́н; Abaza: Хӏабаз район; Kabardian: Хьэбэз къедзыгъуэ; Nogai: Хабез район, romanized: Xabez rayon; Karachay-Balkar: Хабез район, romanized: Xabez rayon) is an administrative^[1] and a municipal^[3] district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 565 square kilometers (218 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (an aul) of Khabez.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 30,356, with the population of Khabez accounting for 20.6% of that number.^[2]

Khabezsky District Хабезский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Abaza	Хӏабаз район
• Nogai	Хабез район
• Karachay-Balkar	Хабез район
The Zelenchuk River near the aul of Zeyuko in Khabezsky District
Location of Khabezsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic
Coordinates: 44°02′N 41°46′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Karachay-Cherkess Republic[1]
Administrative center	Khabez[1]
Area
• Total	565 km2 (218 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	30,356
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities[1]	13 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Khabezsky Municipal District[3]
• Municipal divisions[3]	0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
OKTMO ID	91640000
Website	http://xabez.ru

Population of Khabezsky District

2010 Census	30,356[2]
2002 Census	31,885[5]
1989 Census	27,108[6]
1979 Census	25,938[7]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khabezsky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its thirteen rural localities.^[1] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Khabezsky Municipal District.^[3] Its thirteen rural localities are incorporated into ten rural settlements within the municipal district.^[3] The aul of Khabez serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[3] district.