Akhtynsky District (russian: Ахты́нский район; lez, Ахцагь район) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

), one of the forty-one in the

Republic of Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia sit ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

. It is located in the south of the republic and borders with Rutulsky, Kurakhsky, Magaramkentsky, and

Dokuzparinsky District Dokuzparinsky District (russian: Докузпари́нский райо́н; lez, Докъузпара район) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is ...

s; in the southwest it has a long border with

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. The area of the district is . Its

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

is the

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...

(a '' selo'') of

Akhty Akhty (russian: Ахты́; lez, Ахцагь) is a rural locality ('' selo'') and the administrative center of Akhtynsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located in the south of the republic at the confluence of the Akhtychay and ...

. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 32,604, with the population of Akhty accounting for 41.1% of that number.

Geography

The

Samur River The Samur ( rut, Самыр; ; russian: Самур; az, Samurçay) is a river in Russia's Dagestan Republic, also partially flowing through Azerbaijan and forming part of the Azerbaijan–Russia border. Overview The Samur river originates in g ...

flows in the north of the district from west to east. The Akhtychay River flows from southwest to northeast of the district and into the Samur River in

. Gelmets-Akhtynsky Ridge is located between the two rivers.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Akhtynsky District is one of the forty-one in the

. The district is divided into four

selsoviet Selsoviet ( be, сельсавет, r=sieĺsaviet, tr. ''sieĺsaviet''; rus, сельсовет, p=ˈsʲelʲsɐˈvʲɛt, r=selsovet; uk, сільрада, silrada) is a shortened name for a rural council and for the area governed by such a cou ...

s which comprise nineteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Akhtynsky Municipal District. Its four selsoviets are incorporated as thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of

serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Demographics

Ethnically, all of the rural localities in the district are Lezgian, with the exception of the '' selo'' of

Khnov Khnov (russian: Хнов; lez, Хин) is a rural locality (a selo) in Akhtynsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 2,059 as of 2010. Geography Khnov is located 34 km southwest of Akhty Akhty (russian: Ахты́; lez ...

, which is populated by the

Rutul people Rutuls, Rutulians ( rut, Мыхабыр, Mykhabyr) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native to Dagestan and adjacent parts of Azerbaijan. According to the 2010 Russian Census, there were 35,240 Rutuls in Russia. In 1989 Soviet Census in A ...

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=September 2012 Districts of Dagestan