Laksky District Explained

En Name:Laksky District
Ru Name:Лакский район
Loc Name1:Лакрал кӏану
Loc Lang1:Lak
Image View:Kundi iyul 2007.jpg
Coordinates:42.1667°N 54°W
Image Coa:Герб Лакского района.png
Federal Subject:Republic of Dagestan
Adm Data As Of:December 2013
Adm Ctr Type:selo
Adm Ctr Name:Kumukh
Selsoviet Type1:Selsoviets
No Of Selsoviets Type1:16
No Of Rural Localities:50
Mun Data As Of:October 2012
Mun Formation1:Laksky Municipal District
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements:0
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements:19
Area Km2:750
Pop 2010Census:12161
Urban Pop 2010Census:0%
Rural Pop 2010Census:100%
Website:http://www.gazikumuh.ru
Date:October 2012
Population of Laksky District
Label1:2010 Census
Data1:12,161
Label2:2002 Census
Data2:12,382
Label3:1989 Census
Data3:8,619
Label4:1979 Census
Data4:11,301

Laksky District (Russian: Ла́кский райо́н; Lak: Лакрал кӏану) 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 southern central part of the republic. The area of the district is 750km2.[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kumukh. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 12,161, with the population of Kumukh accounting for 15.9% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Laksky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan. The district is divided into sixteen selsoviets which comprise fifty rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Laksky Municipal District. Its sixteen selsoviets are incorporated as nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Kumukh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Demographics

Laksky and Kulinsky Districts are the territory where the ethnic Laks predominantly live.

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Notes and References

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