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Kayakentsky District

District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

DargwaКъаякентла район
CountryRussia
Established1935Edit this on Wikidata
Quick facts Каякентский район (Russian), Other transcription(s) ...
Kayakentsky District
Каякентский район (Russian)
Other transcription(s)
 • KumykКъаягентли якъ
 • DargwaКъаякентла район
Pushkin Mountain, Kayakentsky District
Pushkin Mountain, Kayakentsky District
Coat of arms of Kayakentsky District
Location of Kayakentsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°23′N 47°59′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Dagestan[1]
Established1935Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerNovokayakent[1]
Area
 • Total
640 km2 (250 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
54,089
 • Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions5 Selsoviets
 • Inhabited localities[4]19 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asKayakentsky Municipal District[5]
 • Municipal divisions[5]0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID82624000
Websitehttp://kmr05.ru/
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Population of Kayakentsky District
2010 Census54,089[3]
2002 Census52,739[7]
1989 Census34,019[8]
1979 Census28,851[9]
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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.

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