Nazranovsky District

Not to be confused with Nazran okrug.

Nazranovsky District (Russian: Назра́новский райо́н; Ingush: Наьсарен шахьар, Näsaren šaꜧar) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[3] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is located in the central and western parts of the republic. The area of the district is 430.4 square kilometers (166.2 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Nazran^{[citation needed]} (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 87,851.^[1]

Nazranovsky District Назрановский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Ingush	Наьсарен шахьар
Nazranovsky District against the backdrop of the Caucasus Mountains
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Nazranovsky District in the Republic of Ingushetia
Coordinates: 43°13′N 44°46′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Ingushetia[1]
Established	7 November 1924
Administrative center	Nazran[1]
Area [2]
• Total	430.4 km2 (166.2 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[1]
• Total	87,851
• Density	200/km2 (530/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Inhabited localities	10 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Nazranovsky Municipal District[3]
• Municipal divisions[3]	0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [4])
OKTMO ID	26605000
Website	http://nazran-rayon.ru

Population of Nazranovsky District

2010 Census	87,851[1]
2002 Census	85,021[5]
1989 Census	78,956[6]
1979 Census	66,187[7]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nazranovsky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia^[1] and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its ten rural localities.^{[citation needed]} The town of Nazran serves as its administrative center,^{[citation needed]} despite being incorporated separately^[1] as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^{[citation needed]}

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nazranovsky Municipal District.^[3] Its ten rural localities are incorporated into nine rural settlements within the municipal district.^[3] The town of republic significance of Nazran is incorporated separately from the district as Nazran Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.^[3]