Teuchezhsky District
Teuchezhsky District
Теучежский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Adyghe | Теуцожь къедзыгъо |
Aerial view of the auls of Pshikuykhabl (left) and Tauykhabl (right) near Krasnodar Reservoir in Teuchezhsky District | |
Location of Teuchezhsky District in the Republic of Adygea | |
| Coordinates: 44°53′N 39°23′E / 44.883°N 39.383°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Adygea |
| Established | February 7, 1929 (first), August 5, 1957 (second) |
| Administrative center | Ponezhukay |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local government |
| • Head | Azamat Khachmamuk |
| Area | |
• Total | 700 km2 (300 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 20,643 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 26.2% |
| • Rural | 73.8% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 26 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Teuchezhsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 6 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 79633000 |
| Holiday | Second Saturday of September |
| Website | http://www.teuch.ru |
| 2010 Census | 20,643 |
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| 2002 Census | 19,951 |
| 1989 Census | 21,929 |
| 1979 Census | 77,094 |
Teuchezhsky District (Russian: Теуче́жский райо́н; Adyghe: Теуцожь къедзыгъо) is an administrative and a municipal district (raion), one of the seven in the Republic of Adygea, Russia. It is located in the west 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 southeast, the territory of the Town of Goryachy Klyuch of Krasnodar Krai in the south, and with Takhtamukaysky District in the west. The area of the district is 700 square kilometers (270 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (an aul) of Ponezhukay. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,643, with the population of Ponezhukay accounting for 16.7% of that number. Birth place of recently (25-May-2022) deceased Major Pavel Pavlovich Reuka of Russian Army.