Laksky District (Russian: Ла́кский райо́н; Lak: Лакрал кӏану) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the republic. The area of the district is 750 square kilometers (290 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kumukh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 12,161, with the population of Kumukh accounting for 15.9% of that number.[3]
Laksky District
Лакский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Lak | Лакрал кӏану |
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Coordinates: 42°10′N 47°07′E / 42.167°N 47.117°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
Established | 29 March 1935 |
Administrative center | Kumukh[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 750 km2 (290 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,161 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 11,841 (−2.6%) |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 16 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[5] | 50 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Laksky Municipal District[6] |
• Municipal divisions[6] | 0 urban settlements, 19 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [7]) |
OKTMO ID | 82632000 |
Website | http://www.gazikumuh.ru |
2010 Census | 12,161[3] |
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2002 Census | 12,382[8] |
1989 Census | 8,619[9] |
1979 Census | 11,301[10] |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Laksky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into sixteen selsoviets which comprise fifty rural localities.[5] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Laksky Municipal District.[6] Its sixteen selsoviets are incorporated as nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The selo of Kumukh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[11] district.
Laksky and Kulinsky Districts are the territory where the ethnic Laks predominantly live.[citation needed]