Shelkovskoy District

Shelkovskoy District (Russian: Шелковско́й райо́н; Chechen: Шелковскан кӀошт, Şelkovskan khoşt) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 3,000 square kilometers (1,200 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Shelkovskaya.^[1] Population: 53,548 (2010 Census);^[3] 50,233 (2002 Census);^[6] 44,975 (1989 Soviet census).^[7] The population of Shelkovskaya accounts for 20.8% of the district's total population.^[3]

Shelkovskoy District Шелковской район
District
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• Chechen	Шелковскан кӀошт
Tolstoy museum, Shelkovsky District
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Location of Shelkovskoy District in the Chechen Republic
Coordinates: 43°30′32″N 46°19′57″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chechen Republic[1]
Established	1923
Administrative center	Shelkovskaya[1]
Area [2]
• Total	3,000 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	53,548
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	19 rural administration
• Inhabited localities[1]	25 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Shelkovskoy Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	96640000
Website	http://chr-shelkovskoy.ru/