Levashinsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Levashinsky District (Russian: Левашинский райо́н; Dargwa: Лавашала къатI; Avar: Лаваша 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 center of the republic. The area of the district is 830 square kilometers (320 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Levashi.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 70,704, with the population of Levashi accounting for 14.2% of that number.[3]
Levashinsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Dargwa | Лавашала къатI |
| • Avar | Лаваша мухъ |
The selo of Orada Chugli in Levashinsky District | |
![]() Location of Levashinsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°26′N 47°19′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 22 November 1928 |
| Administrative center | Levashi[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 830 km2 (320 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 70,704 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 13 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 67 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Levashinsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 26 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82634000 |
| Website | web.archive.org |
| 2010 Census | 70,704[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 64,371[7] |
| 1989 Census | 40,186[8] |
| 1979 Census | 36,459[9] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Levashinsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into thirteen selsoviets which comprise sixty-seven rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Levashinsky Municipal District.[5] Its thirteen selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-six rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Levashi serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.
