Dokuzparinsky District (russian: Докузпари́нский райо́н; lez, Докъузпара район) is an administrative
[Law #16] and municipal
[Law #6] district (
raion
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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 republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the south of the republic, being the southernmost district of
Russia
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. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Usukhchay.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,357, with the population of
Usukhchay accounting for 12.2% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Dokuzparinsky District is 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 republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
.
The district is divided into two
selsoviets which comprise sixteen
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dokuzparinsky Municipal District.
Its two selsoviets are incorporated as nine rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Usukhchay serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
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Districts of Dagestan
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