Karabudakhkentsky District (russian: Карабудахкентский райо́н, kum, Къарабудагъгентли якъ, ''Qarabudağgentli yaq'') 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 east of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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(a '' selo'') of Karabudakhkent. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 73,016, with the population of Karabudakhkent accounting for 21.0% of that number.

History

The district was established by the Central Executive Committee decree on January 20, 1921. It underwent numerous changes during the following years and was established in its present borders in 1965 as Leninsky District (). In 1992, it was renamed Karabudakhkentsky District.

Administrative and municipal status

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

. It is divided into two settlements (administrative divisions with the

s in the

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

s (inhabited localities) of

Achi-Su Achi-Su (russian: Ачи-Су), also known as Achisu (),See, for example, the results of the 1979, 1989, and 2002 Censuses is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Karabudakhkentsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. As of th ...

and Manas) and three

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 sixteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Karabudakhkentsky Municipal District. The settlements are incorporated as urban settlements, and the three selsoviets are incorporated as twelve rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of Karabudakhkent serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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