Karabudakhkentsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karabudakhkentsky District (Russian: Карабудахкентский райо́н, Kumyk: Къарабудагъгентли якъ, Qarabudağgentli yaq) 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 east of the republic. The area of the district is 1,460 square kilometers (560 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Karabudakhkent.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 73,016, with the population of Karabudakhkent accounting for 21.0% of that number.[3]
Karabudakhkentsky District
| |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Kumyk | Къарабудагъгентли якъ |
| • Dargwa | Къарабудагъкентла район |
Sports complex, Karabudakhkentsky District | |
.png) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Karabudakhkentsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°42′N 47°33′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | January 20, 1921 |
| Administrative center | Karabudakhkent[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,460 km2 (560 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 73,016 |
| • Density | 50.0/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9.6% |
| • Rural | 90.4% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Settlements, 3 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 2 urban-type settlements[5], 16 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Karabudakhkentsky Municipal District[6] |
| • Municipal divisions[6] | 2 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [7]) |
| OKTMO ID | 82635000 |
| Website | http://www.bekenez.ru |
| 2010 Census | 73,016[3] |
|---|---|
| 2002 Census | 60,620[8] |
| 1989 Census | 39,486[9] |
| 1979 Census | 35,705[10] |
History
The district was established by the Central Executive Committee decree on January 20, 1921.[11] It underwent numerous changes during the following years and was established in its present borders in 1965 as Leninsky District (Ле́нинский райо́н).[11] In 1992, it was renamed Karabudakhkentsky District.[11]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Karabudakhkentsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] It is divided into two settlements (administrative divisions with the administrative centers in the urban-type settlements (inhabited localities) of Achi-Su and Manas) and three selsoviets, which comprise sixteen rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Karabudakhkentsky Municipal District.[6] The settlements are incorporated as urban settlements, and the three selsoviets are incorporated as twelve rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The selo of Karabudakhkent serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[12] district.
