Khabezsky District (Russian: Хабе́зский райо́н; Abaza: Хӏабаз район; Kabardian: Хьэбэз къедзыгъуэ; Nogai: Хабез район, romanized: Xabez rayon; Karachay-Balkar: Хабез район, romanized: Xabez rayon) is an administrative[1] and a municipal[3] 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 565 square kilometers (218 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (an aul) of Khabez.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 30,356, with the population of Khabez accounting for 20.6% of that number.[2]
^Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.