Dakhadayevsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dakhadayevsky District (Russian: Дахада́евский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] 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 1,450 square kilometers (560 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Urkarakh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 36,709, with the population of Urkarakh accounting for 12.0% of that number.[3]
Dakhadayevsky District
| |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Dargwa | Дахадаевла район |
The urban-type settlement of Kubachi in Dakhadayevsky District | |
![]() Location of Dakhadayevsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°10′N 47°38′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1928 |
| Administrative center | Urkarakh[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,450 km2 (560 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 36,709 |
| • Density | 25.3/km2 (65.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 8.3% |
| • Rural | 91.7% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Settlements, 15 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 1 urban-type settlements[5], 63 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Dakhadayevsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 1 urban settlements, 25 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82618000 |
| Website | http://www.urkarakh.ru |
| 2010 Census | 36,709[3] |
|---|---|
| 2002 Census | 38,359[8] |
| 1989 Census | 28,076[9] |
| 1979 Census | 31,873[10] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dakhadayevsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (an inhabited locality) of Kubachi) and fifteen selsoviets, which comprise sixty-three rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dakhadayevsky Municipal District.[6] The settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the fifteen selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-five rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The selo of Urkarakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[11] district.
