Kazbekovsky District Explained

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.

Geography

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.

Administrative and municipal status

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #16
  2. Law #6
  3. Web site: General Information. Kazbekovsky District. russian. January 20, 2017.