Gumbetovsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Gumbetovsky District (Russian: Гумбе́товский райо́н; Avar: Бакълъул мухъ) 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 730 square kilometers (280 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Mekhelta.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,046, with the population of Mekhelta accounting for 15.0% of that number.[2]
Gumbetovsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Avar | Бакълъул мухъ |
![]() Location of Gumbetovsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°48′N 46°30′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1928 |
| Administrative center | Mekhelta[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 730 km2 (280 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,046 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 6 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[3] | 27 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Gumbetovsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82615000 |
| Website | http://www.mo-gumbet.ru |
| 2010 Census | 22,046[2] |
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| 2002 Census | 18,177[6] |
| 1989 Census | 11,317[7] |
| 1979 Census | 13,180[8] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gumbetovsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into six selsoviets which comprise twenty-seven rural localities.[3] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Gumbetovsky Municipal District.[4] Its six selsoviets are incorporated as fifteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Mekhelta serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[9] district.
