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District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karabudakhkentsky District (Russian: Карабудахкентский райо́н, Kumyk: Къарабудагъгентли якъ, Qarabudağgentli yaq) 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 east of the republic. The area of the district is 1,460 square kilometers (560 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Karabudakhkent.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 73,016, with the population of Karabudakhkent accounting for 21.0% of that number.[3]
Karabudakhkentsky District
Карабудахкентский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Kumyk | Къарабудагъгентли якъ |
• Dargwa | Къарабудагъкентла район |
Coordinates: 42°42′N 47°33′E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
Established | January 20, 1921 |
Administrative center | Karabudakhkent[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,460 km2 (560 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 73,016 |
• Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
• Urban | 9.6% |
• Rural | 90.4% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 2 Settlements, 3 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[4] | 2 Urban-type settlements[5], 16 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Karabudakhkentsky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 2 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 82635000 |
Website | http://www.bekenez.ru |
2010 Census | 73,016[3] |
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2002 Census | 60,620[8] |
1989 Census | 39,486[9] |
1979 Census | 35,705[10] |
The district was established by the Central Executive Committee decree on January 20, 1921.[11] It underwent numerous changes during the following years and was established in its present borders in 1965 as Leninsky District (Ле́нинский райо́н).[11] In 1992, it was renamed Karabudakhkentsky District.[11]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Karabudakhkentsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] It is divided into two settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Achi-Su and Manas) and three selsoviets, which comprise sixteen rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Karabudakhkentsky Municipal District.[6] The settlements are incorporated as urban settlements, and the three selsoviets are incorporated as twelve rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The selo of Karabudakhkent serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[12] district.
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