Kulinsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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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]
Kulinsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Lak | Ккуллал кIану |
Vachi, in Kulinsky District | |
![]() Location of Kulinsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°04′N 47°13′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1935 |
| Administrative center | Vachi[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 649 km2 (251 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 11,174 |
| • Density | 17.2/km2 (44.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 2 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 14 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kulinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82629000 |
| Website | http://www.kulirayon.ru |
| 2010 Census | 11,174[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 10,760[7] |
| 1989 Census | 10,455[8] |
| 1979 Census | 13,237[9] |
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.
