Shamilsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Shamilsky District (Russian: Шамильский райо́н; Avar: Шамилил 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 920 square kilometers (360 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Khebda.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,122, with the population of Khebda accounting for 9.1% of that number.[3]
Shamilsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Avar | Шамилил мухъ |
The selo of Nizhny Batlukh in Shamilsky District | |
.jpg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Shamilsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 42°27′N 46°33′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Khebda[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 920 km2 (360 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 28,122 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (79/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 10 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 52 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Shamilsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 25 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 82646000 |
| Website | http://xn--80aqaedff6b6c2b.xn--p1ai/ |
| 2010 Census | 28,122[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 26,053[7] |
| 1989 Census | 19,523[8] |
| 1979 Census | 23,459[9] |
History
Until 1994, the district was called Sovetsky (Сове́тский).[10]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shamilsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into ten selsoviets which comprise fifty-two rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shamilsky Municipal District.[5] Its ten selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-five rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Khebda serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[11] district.