Kayakentsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Kayakentsky District (Russian: Каяке́нтский райо́н, Kumyk: Къаягентли якъ, Qayagentli yaq) 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 east of the republic. The area of the district is 640 square kilometers (250 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Novokayakent.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 54,089, with the population of Novokayakent accounting for 9.5% of that number.[3]
Kayakentsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Kumyk | Къаягентли якъ |
| • Dargwa | Къаякентла район |
Pushkin Mountain, Kayakentsky District | |
![]() Location of Kayakentsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°23′N 47°59′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1935 |
| Administrative center | Novokayakent[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 640 km2 (250 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 54,089 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 5 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 19 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kayakentsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82624000 |
| Website | http://kmr05.ru/ |
| 2010 Census | 54,089[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 52,739[7] |
| 1989 Census | 34,019[8] |
| 1979 Census | 28,851[9] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kayakentsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into five selsoviets which comprise nineteen rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kayakentsky Municipal District.[5] Its five selsoviets are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Novokayakent serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.
