Kulinsky District

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

Kulinsky District (Russian: Кулинский райо́н; Lak: Ккуллал кIану) 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 south of the republic. The area of the district is 649 square kilometers (251 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Vachi.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,174, with the population of Vachi accounting for 7.3% of that number.[3]

LakКкуллал кIану
CountryRussia
Established1935Edit this on Wikidata
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Kulinsky District
Кулинский район (Russian)
Other transcription(s)
  LakКкуллал кIану
Vachi, in Kulinsky District
Vachi, in Kulinsky District
Flag of Kulinsky District
Coat of arms of Kulinsky District
Location of Kulinsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°04′N 47°13′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Dagestan[1]
Established1935Edit this on Wikidata
Administrative centerVachi[1]
Area
  Total
649 km2 (251 sq mi)
Population
  Total
11,174
  Density17.2/km2 (44.6/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions2 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities[4]14 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asKulinsky Municipal District[5]
  Municipal divisions[5]0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[6])
OKTMO ID82629000
Websitehttp://www.kulirayon.ru
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Quick facts 2010 Census, 2002 Census ...
Population of Kulinsky District
2010 Census11,174[3]
2002 Census10,760[7]
1989 Census10,455[8]
1979 Census13,237[9]
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Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kulinsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into two selsoviets which comprise fourteen rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kulinsky Municipal District.[5] Its two selsoviets are incorporated as twelve rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Vachi serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.

Demographics

Kulinsky and Laksky Districts are the territory where Lak people predominantly live.[citation needed] There is also a historical Mountain Jewish presence in Kulinsky.

See also

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