En Name: | Kazbekovsky District |
Ru Name: | Казбековский район |
Loc Name1: | Казбек мухъ |
Loc Lang1: | Avar |
Loc Name2: | Казбековн кIошт |
Loc Lang2: | Chechen |
Image View: | Reka Aktash.jpg |
Coordinates: | 43.0667°N 84°W |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Kazbekovsky District.png |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Dagestan |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2013 |
Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
Adm Ctr Name: | Dylym |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Settlements |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 3 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 15 |
Mun Data As Of: | October 2012 |
Mun Formation1: | Kazbekovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 11 |
Area Km2: | 723 |
Pop 2010Census: | 42752 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 12.2% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 87.8% |
Website: | http://www.kazbekovskiy.ru |
Date: | November 2009 |
Population of Kazbekovsky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 42,752 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 33,140 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 22,317 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 19,395 |
Kazbekovsky District (Russian: Казбе́ковский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is 723km2.[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Dylym. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 42,752, with the population of Dylym accounting for 20.2% of that number.
The district is in rugged terrain in the forested foothills of Degestan, 50 km west of the Caspian Sea. The average height is 500 to 1,000 meters above sea level, with higher elevations reaching 1,900 meters. There are many river valleys, canyons, and gulleys cutting the landscape with fast-moving streams.[3] The largest river, the Aktash River, flows from southeast to northwest through the district.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kazbekovsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan. It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (an inhabited locality) of Dubki) and three selsoviets, which comprise fifteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kazbekovsky Municipal District. The settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the three selsoviets are incorporated as eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Dylym serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.