Malgobeksky District

Malgobeksky District (Russian: Малгобе́кский райо́н; Ingush: Магӏалбика шахьар, Maghalbika šaꜧar) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the four in the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia.

The area of the district is 670 square kilometers (260 sq mi).

[3] The town of Malgobek serves as its administrative center,[3] despite being incorporated separately[1] as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

[4] The town of republic significance of Malgobek is incorporated separately from the district as Malgobek Urban Okrug, but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.

[4] Malgobeksky and Sunzhensky Districts are a point at issue in the Chechen-Ingush border delimitation discussion.