Khunzakhsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Khunzakhsky District (Russian: Хунзахский райо́н; Avar: Хунзахъ мухъ) 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 western central part of the republic. The area of the district is 551.91 square kilometers (213.09 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Khunzakh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,691, with the population of Khunzakh accounting for 13.4% of that number.[3]
Khunzakhsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Avar | Хунзахъ мухъ |
The selo of Khunzakh, the administrative center of Khunzakhsky District | |
![]() Location of Khunzakhsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°33′N 46°45′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Khunzakh[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 551.91 km2 (213.09 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 31,691 |
| • Density | 57.421/km2 (148.72/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 15 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 59 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Khunzakhsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 24 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82656000 |
| Website | http://khunzakh.ru |
| 2010 Census | 31,691[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 30,203[7] |
| 1989 Census | 21,824[8] |
| 1979 Census | 21,332[9] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khunzakhsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into fifteen selsoviets which comprise fifty-nine rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Khunzakhsky Municipal District.[5] Its fifteen selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-four rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Khunzakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.
