Derbentsky District

Derbentsky District (Russian: Дербе́нтский райо́н; Lezgian: Дербент район; Azerbaijani: Дәрбәнд раjонy, romanized: Dərbənd rayonu) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[6] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 822.72 square kilometers (317.65 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the city of Derbent (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 99,054.^[3]

Derbentsky District Дербентский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Azerbaijani	Дәрбәнд раjонy
• Lezgian and Tabasaran	Дербент район
• Dargwa	Чулли къотт
The selo of Chinar in Derbentsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Derbentsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°04′N 48°18′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	1921
Administrative center	Derbent[1]
Area [2]
• Total	822.72 km2 (317.65 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	99,054
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
• Urban	23.5%
• Rural	76.5%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	2 Settlements, 7 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[4]	2 Urban-type settlements[5], 38 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Derbentsky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[6]	2 urban settlements, 27 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
OKTMO ID	82620000
Website	http://derbrayon.ru

Population of Derbentsky District

2010 Census	99,054[3]
2002 Census	86,494[8]
1989 Census	63,575[9]
1979 Census	60,502[10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Derbentsky District is one of the forty-one in the republic.^[1] It is divided into two settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Belidzhi and Mamedkala) and seven selsoviets, which comprise thirty-eight rural localities.^[4] The city of Derbent serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.^[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Derbentsky Municipal District.^[6] The settlements are incorporated as urban settlements, and the seven selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-seven rural settlements within the municipal district.^[6] The City of Derbent is incorporated separately from the district as Derbent Urban Okrug,^[6] but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.^[11]

Demographics

As of the 2010 Census, the main ethnic groups are:^[12]

• Azerbaijani (58.02%)
• Lezgins (18.8%)
• Tabasarans (9.9%)
• Dargins (7.9%)
• Aghuls (2.2%)
• Russians (0.5%)

References

Notes

1. Law #16
2. http://www.gks.ru/dbscripts/munst/munst82/DBInet.cgi?pl=8006001. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. 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.
4. Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 82 220», в ред. изменения №278/2015 от 1 января 2016 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). Code 82 220, as amended by the Amendment #278/2015 of January 1, 2016. ).
5. The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
6. Law #6
7. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
8. 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).
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии. №ОК 033-2013 1 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код 82 620». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology. #OK 033-2013 January 1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code 82 620. ).
12. "Перепись 2010 года. Дагстат. Том 3". Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2014.

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