Urupsky District
Urupsky District
Урупский район (Russian) | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Karachay-Balkar | Уруп район |
| • Kabardian | Уэрп къедзыгъуэ |
| • Abaza | Уарп район |
Lake Bezmolviya, a protected area of Russia in Urupsky District | |
Location of Urupsky District in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic | |
| Coordinates: 43°57′N 41°11′E / 43.950°N 41.183°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Karachay-Cherkess Republic |
| Established | 1938 |
| Administrative center | Pregradnaya |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,782 km2 (1,074 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 24,404 |
| • Density | 8.772/km2 (22.72/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 24.4% |
| • Rural | 75.6% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 15 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Urupsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 91630000 |
| Website | http://urupadm.ru |
| 2010 Census | 24,404 |
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| 2002 Census | 18,654 |
| 1989 Census | 21,824 |
| 1979 Census | 22,213 |
Urupsky District (Russian: Уру́пский райо́н; Karachay-Balkar: Уруп район, Urup rayon; Kabardian: Уэрп къедзыгъуэ; Abaza: Уарп район) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 2,782 square kilometers (1,074 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Pregradnaya. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 24,404, with the population of Pregradnaya accounting for 30.6% of that number.