Baksansky District
Baksansky District is an administrative and a municipal district, one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the town of Baksan. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 60,970.Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baksansky District is one of the ten in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its thirteen rural localities. The town of Baksan 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.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Baksansky Municipal District. Its thirteen rural localities are incorporated into thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The town of republic significance of Baksan is incorporated separately from the district as Baksan Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.
