Khivsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Khivsky District (Russian: Хи́вский райо́н) 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 southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 620 square kilometers (240 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Khiv.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,753, with the population of Khiv accounting for 11.7% of that number.[3]
Khivsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Tabassaran and Lezgian | Хив район |
The selo of Kug in Khivsky District | |
![]() Location of Khivsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 41°45′N 47°56′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 23 March 1935 |
| Administrative center | Khiv[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 620 km2 (240 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,753 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 11 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 42 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Khivsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82655000 |
| Website | http://www.mo-khivskiy.ru |
| 2010 Census | 22,753[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 20,747[7] |
| 1989 Census | 16,961[8] |
| 1979 Census | 19,862[9] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khivsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into eleven selsoviets which comprise forty-two rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Khivsky Municipal District.[5] Its eleven selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Khiv serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.
