Kaytagsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Kaytagsky District (Russian: Кайта́гский райо́н; Dargwa: Хайдакъла райун; Kumyk: Хайдакълы якъ, Xaydaqlı yaq) 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 southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 678.24 square kilometers (261.87 sq mi).[9] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Madzhalis.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,368, with the population of Madzhalis accounting for 21.7% of that number.[2]
Kaytagsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Kaitag | Хайдакьан ххаӏр |
| • Dargwa | Хайдакъла райун |
| • Kumyk | Хайдакълы якъ |
Landscape in Kaytagsky District | |
![]() Location of Kaytagsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°07′N 47°50′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Madzhalis[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 678.24 km2 (261.87 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 31,368 |
| • Density | 46.249/km2 (119.78/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 12 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[3] | 45 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kaytagsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82623000 |
| Website | http://kaytagrayon.e-dag.ru |
| 2010 Census | 31,368[2] |
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| 2002 Census | 26,870[6] |
| 1989 Census | 23,145[7] |
| 1979 Census | 23,149[8] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kaytagsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into twelve selsoviets which comprise forty-five rural localities.[3] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kaytagsky Municipal District.[4] Its twelve selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Madzhalis serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.
Former state
Around 1800, Kaitag or Karakaitag was a small ethnically Dargin state. Its chief town was Bashli (probably Bashlykent) and its ruler was called the Utsmi.
