Karachay-Cherkess Republic

Territory - 14.1 thousand sq km.

Population - 433.5 thousand people (for 01.01.99), including: urban - 44.1%; rural - 55.9%

Administrative division - 8 regions, 4 cities, 7 semiurban settlements, 77 rural administrative units.

Capital - Cherkessk.

Largest cities (number of inhabitants for 01.01.98. thousand people): Cherkessk (120.5), Karachayevsk (32) - city of republican subordination, Ust-Dzheguta (31.5), Teberda (7.3).