Rutulsky District (Russian: Руту́льский райо́н) 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 2,170 square kilometers (840 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Rutul.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,926, with the population of Rutul accounting for 18.0% of that number.[2]
Rutulsky District
Рутульский район | |
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Coordinates: 41°32′N 47°25′E / 41.533°N 47.417°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
Established | 1929 |
Administrative center | Rutul[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,170 km2 (840 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 22,926 |
• Estimate (2018)[3] | 21,053 (−8.2%) |
• Density | 11/km2 (27/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 11 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[4] | 40 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Rutulsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 82642000 |
Website | http://www.mo-rutul.ru |
2010 Census | 22,926[2] |
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2002 Census | 23,503[7] |
1989 Census | 16,387[8] |
1979 Census | 18,989[9] |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rutulsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into eleven selsoviets which comprise forty rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Rutulsky Municipal District.[5] Its eleven selsoviets are incorporated as seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Rutul serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.
Ethnic composition (according to the 2010 Census)[11]