Kabardino-Balkarian Republic
Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ (Kabardian) Къабарты-Малкъар Республика (Karachay-Balkar) Кабардино-Балкарская Республика (Russian) | |
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| Anthem: State Anthem of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic | |
_-_Kabardino-Balkaria_(Crimea_disputed).svg) | |
| Coordinates: 43°35′N 43°24′E / 43.583°N 43.400°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal district | North Caucasian |
| Economic region | North Caucasus |
| Capital | Nalchik[3] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic[4] |
| • Head[6] | Kazbek Kokov[5] |
| Area | |
• Total | 12,470 km2 (4,810 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total |  904,200
[2] |
| • Rank | 56th |
| • Urban | 51.9% |
| • Rural | 48.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK[7]) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-KB |
| Vehicle registration | 07 |
| Official language(s) | Balkar[8] • Kabardian[8] • Russian[9] |
| Website | glava |
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Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рия), officially the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic,[note 1][10][11][12] is a republic of Russia located in the North Caucasus. As of the 2021 Census, its population was 904,200.[13] Its capital is Nalchik. The area contains the highest mountain in Europe, Mount Elbrus, at 5,642 m (18,510 ft). Mount Elbrus has 22 glaciers that feed three rivers — Baksan, Malka and Kuban. The mountain is covered with snow year-round.
- ^ Law #13-RZ
- ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ Constitution of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Article 136
- ^ Constitution of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Article 91
- ^ Official website of the Head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Biography Archived October 28, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Constitution of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Article 78
- ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ a b Constitution of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Article 76
- ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
- ^ "Head of Kabardino-Balkarian Republic reported to the President on the situation in Mount Elbrus region". President of Russia. September 2, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ^ "Russia's federal constituent entities". Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ^ Skutsch, Carl (November 7, 2013). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-19388-1.
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
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