Shelkovskoy District

Shelkovskoy District (Шелковско́й райо́н; Шелковскан кӀошт, Şelkovskan khoşt) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 3000 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a stanitsa) of Shelkovskaya. Population: 50,233 (2002 Census);  The population of Shelkovskaya accounts for 20.8% of the district's total population.