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Baksan (town)

Baksan Баксан
Town[1]
Central Mosque of Baksan
Coat of arms
Location of Baksan
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Coordinates: 43°40′57″N 43°32′02″E / 43.68250°N 43.53389°E / 43.68250; 43.53389
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Kabardino-Balkaria[1]
Founded	1822
Town status since	1967[2]
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	36,860
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	town of republic significance of Baksan[1]
• Capitalof	Baksansky District,[1] town of republic significance of Baksan[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Baksan Urban Okrug[4]
• Capitalof	Baksansky Municipal District,[4] Baksan Urban Okrug[4]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
Postal code(s)[6]	361530–361536, 361538
Dialing code(s)	+7 86634
OKTMOID	83703000001
Website	www.gb.adm-kbr.ru

Baksan (Russian: Бакса́н; Kabardian: Бэхъсэн) is a town in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) northwest of Nalchik on the left bank of the Baksan River (Terek's basin). Population: 60,445 (2021 Census);^[7] 36,860 (2010 Russian census);^[3] 35,805 (2002 Census);^[8] 28,767 (1989 Soviet census).^[9]

It was founded in 1822 as a Russian military settlement.^{[citation needed]} In the 1860s, the Kabarda settlement of Kuchmazukino was founded to the east of Baksan; it was renamed Staraya Krepost in 1920. In 1891, to the west of the settlement, the selo of Baksan was founded. Baksan and Staraya Krepost were merged in 1960. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1965; town status was granted in 1967.^[2]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baksan serves as the administrative centerofBaksansky District, even though it is not a part of it.^[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the seloofDygulybgey), incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Baksan—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Baksan is incorporated as Baksan Urban Okrug.^[4]

In 2021, population included:^[10]

• Kabardians (93.4%)
• Russians (3.7%)
• Cherkess (2.2%)
• other ethnicities, comprising less than 1% of population each

• Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №12-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #12-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the publication date.).
• Парламент Кабардино-Балкарской Республики. Закон №13-РЗ от 27 февраля 2005 г. «Об статусе и границах муниципальных образований в Кабардино-Балкарской Республики», в ред. Закона №20-РЗ от 23 апреля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные республиканские Законы». Вступил в силу на следующий день после официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Кабардино-Балкарская правда", б/н, 1 марта 2005 г. (Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Law #13-RZ of February 27, 2005 On the Status and the Borders of the Municipal Formations in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, as amended by the Law #20-RZ of April 23, 2014 On Amending Various Republican Laws. Effective as of the day following the official publication date.).

• Official website of Baksan Archived September 5, 2018, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
• Directory of organizations in Baksan (in Russian)