En Name: | Kurakhsky District |
Ru Name: | Курахский район |
Loc Name1: | Кьурагь район |
Loc Lang1: | Lezgin |
Loc Name2: | Къуругь райун |
Loc Lang2: | Aghul |
Image View: | The peak of Gestinkil — 3.jpg |
Coordinates: | 41.5833°N 94°W |
Federal Subject: | Republic of Dagestan |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2013 |
Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
Adm Ctr Name: | Kurakh |
Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 9 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 28 |
Mun Data As Of: | October 2012 |
Mun Formation1: | Kurakhsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 14 |
Area Km2: | 740 |
Pop 2010Census: | 15434 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://www.mo-kurah.ru |
Date: | November 2009 |
Population of Kurakhsky District | |
Label1: | 2010 Census |
Data1: | 15,434 |
Label2: | 2002 Census |
Data2: | 15,206 |
Label3: | 1989 Census |
Data3: | 11,411 |
Label4: | 1979 Census |
Data4: | 14,838 |
Kurakhsky District (Russian: Курахский райо́н; Lezghian: Кьурагь район) 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 south of the republic. The area of the district is 740km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kurakh. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,434, with the population of Kurakh accounting for 21.0% of that number.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kurakhsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan. The district is divided into nine selsoviets which comprise twenty-eight rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kurakhsky Municipal District. Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Kurakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.