Buynaksky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Buynaksky District (Russian: Буйнакский район, Kumyk: Шура якъ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 1,842.09 square kilometers (711.23 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Buynaksk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 73,402.[3]
Buynaksky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Kumyk | Темирхан-шура якъ |
| • Avar | Буйнакъ мухъ |
| • Dargwa | Буйнакск къатI |
_-_panoramio_(3).jpg) View of New Kumukh, Buynaksky District | |
.png) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Buynaksky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°49′N 47°07′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1923 |
| Administrative center | Buynaksk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,842.09 km2 (711.23 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 73,402 |
| • Density | 39.847/km2 (103.20/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 9 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 30 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Buynaksky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 20 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 82611000 |
| Website | http://буйнакскийрайон.рф |
| 2010 Census | 73,402[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 65,018[7] |
| 1989 Census | 50,094[8] |
| 1979 Census | 45,285[9] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buynaksky District is one of the forty-one in the republic.[1] It is divided into nine selsoviets, comprising thirty rural localities.[4] The town of Buynaksk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Buynaksky Municipal District.[5] Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The Town of Buynaksk is incorporated separately from the district as Buynaksk Urban Okrug,[5] but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.[10]