Kurakhsky District

Kurakhsky District
Курахский район
Other transcription(s)
 • LezginКьурагь район
 • AghulКъуругь райун
The northern slope of Mount Gestinkil is located in Kurakhsky District
The northern slope of Mount Gestinkil is located in Kurakhsky District
Flag of Kurakhsky District
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Location of Kurakhsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 41°35′N 47°47′E / 41.583°N 47.783°E / 41.583; 47.783
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Dagestan[1]
Established22 November 1928Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerKurakh[1]
Area
 • Total740 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population
 • Total15,434
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions9 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[3]28 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asKurakhsky Municipal District[4]
 • Municipal divisions[4]0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
OKTMO ID82630000
Websitehttp://www.mo-kurah.ru
Population of Kurakhsky District
2010 Census15,434[2]
2002 Census15,206[6]
1989 Census11,411[7]
1979 Census14,838[8]

Kurakhsky District (Russian: Курахский райо́н; Lezgian: Кьурагь район) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 740 square kilometers (290 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kurakh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,434, with the population of Kurakh accounting for 21.0% of that number.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Law #16
  2. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
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  4. ^ a b c Law #6
  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  7. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  8. ^ 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.