Dzheyrakhsky District


Dzheyrakhsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Dzheyrakh. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 2,638, with the population of Dzheyrakh accounting for 57.4% of that number.

History

The district was established in October 1993.

Administrative structure

NumberRural settlementAdministrative centerNumber of localitiesPopulation
1Dzheyrakh rural settlementselo Dzheyrakh61939
2Beyni rural settlementselo Beyni689
3Guly rural settlementselo Guly60244
4Lyazhgi rural settlementselo Lyazhgi5275
5Olgetti rural settlementOlgetti8336

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dzheyrakhsky District is one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its eighty-five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dzheyrakhsky Municipal District. Its eighty-five rural localities are incorporated into five rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Dzheyrakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Culture

The Dzheyrakh-Assin historical and architectural museum and nature reserve, including Tkhaba-Yerdy Church, is located in the district.