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Founded: 1922
President: Mustafa Azret-Aliyevich Batdyev (elected August 31, 2003)
Federation Council Representatives: Ratmir Umarovich Aibazov (legislative, term expires March 2009); Oleg Kychukovich Shudumov (executive, term expires August 2008)
Duma deputy: Nadezhda Sergeyevna Maksimova (Karachaevo-Cherkessky district)(United Russia)
Population: 439,700 (2002 census)
Capital: Cherkessk (population 116,400), 1,674 km from Moscow
Federal district: Northern Caucasus
Economic district: North Caucasus
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: Karachayevo-Cherkessia is located near the Russian Caucasus and shares a boundary with Krasnodar Territory, the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Georgia and Abkhazia. Most of the republic is mountainous. The republic has an abundance of water resources. There are about 130 glacial lakes and more than 170 rivers flowing through the republic, the largest of which are the Kuban, Urup and Laba rivers. The Bolshoi Stavropolsky canal system supplying water to Stavropol Territory is also located in the republic.
Urban population: 44%, Rural population: 56%
Ethnic make-up: Russians (42.4%), Karachays and Circassians (40.2%), Abazians (6%) and Nogai (3.2%)
Economy: Karachayevo-Cherkessia has both industrial and agricultural components to its economy. Major industrial sectors include rubber and cement production and coal mining. Agriculture is centered around the production of wool, but the region also grows wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, and sunflowers.
Official website: http://www.kchr.info
Contact information
President
Mustafa Azret-Aliyevich Batdyev
Ulitsa Lenina, the House of Government
Cherkessk 369000
Tel.: (87822) 6 60 80; 5 46 68
Fax: (87822) 5 40 11
Email: info@kchr.info
The Chairman of the People's Assembly
Sergei Alexandrovich Smorodin
Tel.: (87822) 5 10 26
Fax: (87822) 5 43 44
Email: nskchr@mail.sv.kchr.ru
last updated August 22, 2005
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