Kurakhsky District (Russian: Курахский райо́н; Lezgian: Кьурагь 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 south of the republic. The area of the district is 740 square kilometers (290 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kurakh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,434, with the population of Kurakh accounting for 21.0% of that number.[2]
Kurakhsky District
Курахский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Lezgin | Кьурагь район |
• Aghul | Къуругь райун |
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Coordinates: 41°35′N 47°47′E / 41.583°N 47.783°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
Administrative center | Kurakh[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 740 km2 (290 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 15,434 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 14,759 (−4.4%) |
• Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 9 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[4] | 28 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Kurakhsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 82630000 |
Website | http://www.mo-kurah.ru |
2010 Census | 15,434[2] |
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2002 Census | 15,206[7] |
1989 Census | 11,411[8] |
1979 Census | 14,838[9] |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kurakhsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into nine selsoviets which comprise twenty-eight rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kurakhsky Municipal District.[5] Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Kurakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.