Botlikhsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Botlikhsky District (Russian: Ботлихский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] 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 500 square kilometers (190 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Botlikh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 54,322, with the population of Botlikh accounting for 22.4% of that number.[2]
Botlikhsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Avar | Болъихъ мухъ |
Lake Kezenoyam, the deepest lake in the Caucasus Mountains, is located mostly in Botlikhsky District | |
| Anthem: My Botlikh (unofficial) | |
![]() Location of Botlikhsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°39′N 46°13′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1926 |
| Administrative center | Botlikh[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 500 km2 (190 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 54,322 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 9 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[3] | 37 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Botlikhsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 20 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82609000 |
| Website | http://xn--80abvlool0a.xn--p1ai/ |
| 2010 Census | 54,322[2] |
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| 2002 Census | 50,469[6] |
| 1989 Census | 27,161[7] |
| 1979 Census | 24,741[8] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Botlikhsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into nine selsoviets which comprise thirty-seven rural localities.[3] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Botlikhsky Municipal District.[4] Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Botlikh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[9] district.
