Nogaysky District, Karachay-Cherkess Republic


Nogaysky District is an administrative and a municipal district, one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Erken-Shakhar. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,659, with the population of Erken-Shakhar accounting for 26.7% of that number.

History

The district was established in 2007.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nogaysky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its eight rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nogaysky Municipal District. Its eight rural localities are incorporated into five rural settlements within the municipal district. The settlement of Erken-Shakhar serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.