Suleyman-Stalsky District
District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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Suleyman-Stalsky District (Russian: Сулейма́н-Ста́льский райо́н; Lezgian: СтӀал Сулейманан район) 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 southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 666.3 square kilometers (257.3 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kasumkent.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 58,835, with the population of Kasumkent accounting for 22.5% of that number.[3]
Suleyman-Stalsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Lezgian | СтӀал Сулейманан район |
The selo of Tsmur in Suleyman-Stalsky District | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Suleyman-Stalsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 41°40′N 48°08′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
| Established | 1929 |
| Administrative center | Kasumkent[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 666.3 km2 (257.3 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 58,835 |
| • Density | 88.30/km2 (228.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 10 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[4] | 38 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Suleyman-Stalsky Municipal District[5] |
| • Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
| OKTMO ID | 82647000 |
| Website | http://www.suleiman-stalskiy.ru |
| 2010 Census | 58,835[3] |
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| 2002 Census | 54,036[7] |
| 1989 Census | 32,764[8] |
| 1979 Census | 36,884[9] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Suleyman-Stalsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into ten selsoviets which comprise thirty-eight rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Suleyman-Stalsky Municipal District.[5] Its ten selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Kasumkent serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.
Settlements
There are 39 rural settlements in the district.[11][12]
Abandoned settlements
Ashaga-Maka, Biger, Darkush, Evigar, Kean, Kele, Kurkurkent, Makar, Mekhkerg, Ruhun, Khpit, Hutarg, Tsitser, Tsitsig, Chantarkent, Chilik, Ashaga-Arag, Yaltsugar.