Rutulsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Rutulsky District (Russian: Руту́льский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] 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 2,188 square kilometers (845 sq mi).[9] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Rutul.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,926, with the population of Rutul accounting for 18.0% of that number.[2]
Rutulsky District
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Village Luchek in Rutulsky District | |
![]() Location of Rutulsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 41°32′N 47°25′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Rutul[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,188 km2 (845 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 22,926 |
| • Density | 10.48/km2 (27.14/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 11 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[3] | 40 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Rutulsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 82642000 |
| Website | http://www.mo-rutul.ru |
| 2010 Census | 22,926[2] |
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| 2002 Census | 23,503[6] |
| 1989 Census | 16,387[7] |
| 1979 Census | 18,989[8] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rutulsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into eleven selsoviets which comprise forty rural localities.[3] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Rutulsky Municipal District.[4] Its eleven selsoviets are incorporated as seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.[4] The selo of Rutul serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.
