Prokhladnensky District (Russian: Прохла́дненский райо́н; Kabardian: Прохладнэ къедзыгъуэ; Karachay-Balkar: Прохладна район) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[3] district (raion), one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 1,342 square kilometers (518 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the townofProkhladny (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 45,533.[2]
Prokhladnensky District
Прохладненский район
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Kabardian | Прохладнэ къедзыгъуэ |
• Karachay-Balkar | Прохладна район |
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The Shakoy Spring near Yantarnoye in Prokhladnensky District
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Location of Prokhladnensky District in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic
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Coordinates: 43°45′N 44°02′E / 43.750°N 44.033°E / 43.750; 44.033 | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Kabardino-Balkar Republic[1] |
Established | 1937![]() |
Administrative center | Prokhladny[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,342 km2 (518 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 45,533 |
• Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 41rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporatedas | Prokhladnensky Municipal District[3] |
• Municipal divisions[3] | 0 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
OKTMOID | 83625000 |
Website | http://www.prohladnenskiy.ru |
2010 Census | 45,533[2] |
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2002 Census | 46,425[5] |
1989 Census | 39,951[6] |
1979 Census | 38,174[7] |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Prokhladnensky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkar Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its forty-one rural localities.[1] The town of Prokhladny serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Prokhladnensky Municipal District.[3] Its forty-one rural localities are incorporated into nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[3] The town of republic significance of Prokhladny is incorporated separately from the district as Prokhladny Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.[3]