Teuchezhsky District

Infobox Russian district
EnglishName=Teuchezhsky District
RussianName=Теучежский район
LocalName1=Теуцожь район
LocalLangName1=Adyghe
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DistrictDay=Second Saturday of September
AdmCtrType=aul
AdmCtrName=Ponezhukay
FoundationDate=August 5, 1924
Area=698.79
AreaRank=4th
Population=19951
PopulationRank=6th
UrbanPopulation=24.9%
RuralPopulation=75.1%
Municipalities=Yes
GovAsOf=April 2007
LeaderType=Head
LeaderName=Teuchezh Khut
Legislature=Council of People's Deputies
AdmAsOf=2007
NoOfCitiesTowns=—
NoOfUrbanTypeSettlements=1
NoOfRuralLocalities=26
MunAsOf=2007
NoOfMunUrbanSettlements=1
NoOfMunRuralSettlements=6
Newspaper=Teuchezhskiye Vesti (Teuchezhskiye News)
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Teuchezhsky District ( _ru. Теучежский райо́н; _ad. Теуцожь район) is an administrative and a municipal district, one of the seven in the Republic of Adygea, Russia. It is located in the western portion of the Republic and borders with the territory of the city of Krasnodar of Krasnodar Krai, Krasnodar Reservoir, and Krasnogvardeysky District in the north, Belorechensky District of Krasnodar Krai in the east and south-east, territory of the town of Goryachy Klyuch of Krasnodar Krai in the south, and Takhtamukaysky District in the west. The area of the district is 698.79 km²"Charter of the Municipal Formation of "Teuchezhsky District" adopted on July 17, 2002, as amended by the Resolution of the Council of People's Deputies "On New Edition of the Charter of the Municipal Formation of "Teuchezhsky District" #171 of June 16, 2005] . Its administrative center is the village ("aul") of Ponezhukay. District's population: 19,951 (2002 Census); 21,929 (1989 Census). Population of Ponezhukay accounts for 16.9% of the district's population.

The district was established on August 5, 1924. The aul of Ponezhukay served as its administrative center until 1963. In 1963–2000, the town of Adygeysk was the administrative center.

Divisions

Administrative divisions

Teuchezhsky District has administrative jurisdiction over one urban-type settlement (with one rural locality in its jurisdiction) and twenty-five rural localities.

Municipal divisions

Municipally, the district is divided into one urban settlement and six rural settlements:Law of the Republic of Adygea #284 of December 30, 2004 "On Endowment of the Municipal Formation of "Teuchezhsky District" with the Status of a Municipal District, on Formation of Municipal Formations Within Its Structure, and On Establishing Their Borders"] ;Urban settlements:
#Tlyustenkhablskoye ( _ru. Тлюстенхабльское)
#*urban-type settlement of Tlyustenkhabl ( _ru. Тлюстенхабль)
#:"rural localities under jurisdiction of the urban-type settlement:"
#:*aul of Tugurgoy

;"Rural settlements":
#Assokolayskoye ( _ru. Ассоколайское)
#:"Administrative center": aul of Assokolay
#:"other localities of the rural settlement":
#:*selo of Krasnoye
#Gabukayskoye ( _ru. Габукайское)
#:"Administrative center": aul of Gabukay
#:"other localities of the rural settlement":
#:*khutor of Chabanov
#:*khutor of Petrov
#:*khutor of Shevchenko
#Dzhidzhikhablskoye ( _ru. Джиджихабльское)
#:"Administrative center": aul of Dzhidzhikhabl
#:"other localities of the rural settlement":
#:*khutor of Gorodskoy
#:*aul of Kunchukokhabl
#:*aul of Tauykhabl
#Pchegatlukayskoye ( _ru. Пчегатлукайское)
#:"Administrative center": aul of Pchegatlukay
#:"other localities of the rural settlement":
#:*settlement of Chetuk
#:*khutor of Kazazov
#:*khutor of Kochkin, Pchegatlukayskoye Rural Settlement
#:*khutor of Krasnensky
#Ponezhukayskoye ( _ru. Понежукайское)
#:"Administrative center": aul of Ponezhukay
#:"other localities of the rural settlement":
#:*khutor of Kochkin, Ponezhukayskoye Rural Settlement
#:*khutor of Kolos
#:*aul of Nachereziy
#:*aul of Nezhukay
#:*aul of Pshikuykhabl
#:*khutor of Shunduk
#:*settlement of Zarya
#Vochepshiyskoye ( _ru. Вочепшийское)
#:"Administrative center": aul of Vochepshiy
#:"other localities of the rural settlement":
#:*khutor of Novovochepshiy

ee also

*Administrative divisions of Adygea
*Types of inhabited localities in Russia

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