Akhvakhsky District (russian: Ахвахский райо́н; av, Гӏахьвахъ мухъ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (

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), 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 ...

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. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Karata. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,014, with the population of Karata accounting for 18.9% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

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

. The district is divided into seven

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 twenty-five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Akhvakhsky Municipal District. Its seven selsoviets are incorporated as thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of Karata serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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