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Key facts
Key facts
• En Name — Baksan • Ru Name — Баксан • Federal Subject — Kabardino-Balkar Republic • Adm City Jur — town of republic significance of Baksan • Adm Ctr Of1 — Baksansky District • Adm Ctr Of2 — town of republic significance of Baksan • Inhabloc Cat — Town • Loc Name1 — Бэхъсэн • Loc Lang1 — Kabardian • Urban Okrug Jur — Baksan Urban Okrug • Mun Admctr Of1 — Baksansky Municipal District • Mun Admctr Of2 — Baksan Urban Okrug • Pop 2010census — 36860 • Established Date — 1822 • Current Cat Date — 1967 • Postal Codes — 361530–361536, 361538 • Dialing Codes — 86634 • Website — http: www.gb.adm-kbr.ru Baksan is a town in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, located 24 km northwest of Nalchik on the left bank of the Baksan River (Terek's basin). Population:
History
History
It was founded in 1822 as a Russian military settlement. In the 1860s, the Kabarda settlement of Kuchmazukino was founded to the east of Baksan; it was renamed Staraya Krepost in 1920. In 1891, to the west of the settlement, the selo of Baksan was founded. Baksan and Staraya Krepost were merged in 1960. Urban-type settlement status was granted to it in 1965; town status was granted in 1967.
Administrative and municipal status
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Baksan serves as the administrative center of Baksansky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the selo of Dygulybgey), incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Baksan—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Baksan is incorporated as Baksan Urban Okrug.
Demographics
Demographics
In 2021, population included: • Kabardians (93.4%) • Russians (3.7%) • Cherkess (2.2%) • Others (0.7%)
Notable people
Notable people
• Sultan Sosnaliyev, ethnic Kabardian who served as a general for Abkhazia
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- 1.ru-pop-ref 2010Census
- 2.Большая Российская Энциклопедия. Энциклопедия Города России. 33. 2003. 5-7107-7399-9.
- 3.Law #12-RZ
- 4.Law #13-RZ
- 5.Управление Федеральной службы государственной статистики по Северо-Кавказскому федеральному округу. Национальный состав населения.
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