Kurakhsky District Explained

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.

Administrative and municipal status

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Law #16
  2. Law #6