Karachay-Cherkessia
first-level administrative division of Russia
The Karachay-Cherkess Republic (Russian: Карача́ево-Черке́сская Респу́блика, Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya Respublika; Karachay-Balkar: Къарачай-Черкес Республика, Qaraçay-Çerkes Respublika; Circassian: Къэрэшей-Шэрджэс Республика, Ķêrêšei-Šêrdžês Respublikê, Nogai: Карашай-Шеркеш Республика, Karaşay-Şerkeş Respublika, Abaza: Къарча-Черкес Республика, Qarça-Çerkes Respublika) or Karachay-Cherkessia (Russian: Карача́ево-Черке́сия, Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia. In 2021, 469,865 people lived there.[10] Cherkessk is the largest city and the administrative center of the republic.
| Karachay-Cherkess Republic Карачаево-Черкесская Республика (Russian) Къарачай-Черкес Республика (Karachay-Balkar) Къэрэшей-Шэрджэс Республикэ (Kabardian) Карашай-Шеркеш Республикасы (Nogai) Къарча-Черкес Республика (Abaza) | |||
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Coordinates: 43°55′N 41°47′E / 43.917°N 41.783°E | |||
| Political status | |||
| Country | Russia | ||
| Federal district | North Caucasian[2] | ||
| Economic region | North Caucasus[3] | ||
| Established | July 3, 1991[4] | ||
| Capital | Cherkessk | ||
| Government (as of February 2015) | |||
| • Head[6] | Rashid Temrezov[5] | ||
| • Legislature | People's Assembly[6] | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Area (as of the 2002 Census)[7] | |||
| • Total | 14,277 km2 (5,512 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 77th | ||
| Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+04:00) | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-KC | ||
| License plates | 09 | ||
| Official languages | Russian;[8] Abaza, Cherkess (Kabardian), Karachay, Nogai[9] | ||
| Official website | |||
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References
change- ↑ Law #410-XXII
- ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
- ↑ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
- ↑ Law #1539-I
- ↑ Official website of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Rashid Borispiyevich Temrezov, Head of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic Archived 2022-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Constitution of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Article 4
- ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
- ↑ Constitution of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Article 11.1
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
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