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