Karabudakhkentsky District

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
District
Other transcription(s)
• Kumyk	Къарабудагъгентли якъ
• Dargwa	Къарабудагъкентла район
Sports complex, Karabudakhkentsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Karabudakhkentsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°42′N 47°33′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	January 20, 1921
Administrative center	Karabudakhkent[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,460 km2 (560 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• 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

Population of Karabudakhkentsky District

2010 Census	73,016[3]
2002 Census	60,620[8]
1989 Census	39,486[9]
1979 Census	35,705[10]

History

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]

Administrative and municipal status

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.