Adyge-Khablsky District

Adyge-Khablsky District (Ады́ге-Ха́бльский райо́н; Адыге-Хабль район; Адыгэ-Хьэблэ район; Адыгьа-ХӀабльа район; Nogay: Адыге-хабльдын району) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic. The area of the district is 325.9 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (an aul) of Adyge-Khabl. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 16,186, with the population of Adyge-Khabl accounting for 24.4% of that number.

History
The district was established in 1957. Nogaysky District was split out of it in 2007.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Adyge-Khablsky District is one of the ten in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and has administrative jurisdiction over all of its fifteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Adyge-Khablsky Municipal District. Its fifteen rural localities are incorporated into seven rural settlements within the municipal district. The aul of Adyge-Khabl serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.