Kaytagsky District (Russian: Кайта́гский райо́н; Dargwa: Хайдакъла райун; Kumyk: Хайдакълы якъ, Xaydaqlı yaq) 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 678.24 square kilometers (261.87 sq mi).[10] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Madzhalis.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,368, with the population of Madzhalis accounting for 21.7% of that number.[2]
Kaytagsky District
Кайтагский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Kaitag | Хайдакьан ххаӏр |
• Dargwa | Хайдакъла райун |
• Kumyk | Хайдакълы якъ |
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Coordinates: 42°07′N 47°50′E / 42.117°N 47.833°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
Established | 1929 |
Administrative center | Madzhalis[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 678.24 km2 (261.87 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 31,368 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 32,891 (+4.9%) |
• Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 12 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[4] | 45 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kaytagsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 82623000 |
Website | http://kaytagrayon.e-dag.ru |
2010 Census | 31,368[2] |
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2002 Census | 26,870[7] |
1989 Census | 23,145[8] |
1979 Census | 23,149[9] |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kaytagsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into twelve selsoviets which comprise forty-five rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kaytagsky Municipal District.[5] Its twelve selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Madzhalis serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[11] district.
Around 1800, Kaitag or Karakaitag was a small ethnically Dargin state. Its chief town was Bashli (probably Bashlykent) and its ruler was called the Utsmi.