Untsukulsky District (Russian: Унцукульский райо́н; Avar: Унсоколо мухъ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[7] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 560 square kilometers (220 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Untsukul.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 29,547, with the population of Untsukul accounting for 21.2% of that number.[3]
Untsukulsky District
Унцукульский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Avar | Унсоколо мухъ |
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Coordinates: 42°53′N 47°12′E / 42.883°N 47.200°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
Established | 1935 |
Administrative center | Untsukul[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 560 km2 (220 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 29,547 |
• Estimate (2018)[4] | 31,080 (+5.2%) |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
• Urban | 16.5% |
• Rural | 83.5% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 1 Settlements, 6 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[5] | 1 Urban-type settlements[6], 20 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Untsukulsky Municipal District[7] |
• Municipal divisions[7] | 1 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [8]) |
OKTMO ID | 82653000 |
Website | http://uncukul.ru |
2010 Census | 29,547[3] |
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2002 Census | 27,460[9] |
1989 Census | 16,105[10] |
1979 Census | 11,786[11] |
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Untsukulsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (an inhabited locality) of Shamilkala) and six selsoviets, which comprise twenty rural localities.[5] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Untsukulsky Municipal District.[7] The settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the six selsoviets are incorporated as eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.[7] The selo of Untsukul serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[12] district.