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List of administrative and municipal divisions of the Republic of Adygea
The
Republic of Adygea
, an
enclave
within
Krasnodar Krai
located at the foothills of the
Caucasus Mountains
, is a
federal subject
of
Russia
. It was originally established in 1922 as the
Cherkess (Adyghe) Autonomous Oblast
within the
Russian SFSR
for the
Adyghe
(Circassian) majority that lived in the area. As of the
2010 Census
, Adyghe people accounted for 25.2% of the
republic
's population (107,048 people), while
Russians
accounted for the majority 63.6% (270,714 people).
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