Laksky District

District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Laksky District (Russian: Ла́кский райо́н; Lak: Лакрал кӏану) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the republic. The area of the district is 750 square kilometers (290 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kumukh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 12,161, with the population of Kumukh accounting for 15.9% of that number.[3]

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Laksky District
Лакский район
Other transcription(s)
  LakЛакрал кӏану
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The selo of Kundy in Laksky District
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Location of Laksky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°10′N 47°07′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Dagestan[1]
Established29 March 1935Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerKumukh[1]
Area
  Total750 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population
  Total12,161
  Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions16 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities[4]50 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asLaksky Municipal District[5]
  Municipal divisions[5]0 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID82632000
Websitehttp://www.gazikumuh.ru
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Quick Facts 2010 Census, 2002 Census ...
Population of Laksky District
2010 Census12,161[3]
2002 Census12,382[7]
1989 Census8,619[8]
1979 Census11,301[9]
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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Laksky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into sixteen selsoviets which comprise fifty rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Laksky Municipal District.[5] Its sixteen selsoviets are incorporated as nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Kumukh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.

Demographics

Laksky and Kulinsky Districts are the territory where the ethnic Laks predominantly live.[citation needed]

See also

References

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