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Kaytagsky District (russian: Кайта́гский райо́н;
Dargwa: ; kum, Хайдакълы якъ, ''Xaydaqlı yaq'') is an administrative
[Law #16] and municipal
[Law #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
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. It is located in the southeast of the republic. 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
Madzhalis
Madzhalis (russian: Маджалис; Dargwa: Мажалис) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kaytagsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: During the Russian Empire
The Russian Empire w ...
.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,368, with the population of Madzhalis accounting for 21.7% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Kaytagsky 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 republics of Russia, republic of Russia sit ...
.
The district is divided into twelve
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 forty-five
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kaytagsky Municipal District.
Its twelve selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Madzhalis
Madzhalis (russian: Маджалис; Dargwa: Мажалис) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kaytagsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: During the Russian Empire
The Russian Empire w ...
serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
Former state
Around 1800, Kaitag or Karakaitag was a small ethnically
Dargin state. Its chief town was Bashli (probably Bashlykent) and its ruler was called the Utsmi.
See also
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Kaitag textiles
Kaitag textiles are an unusual embroidered textile art form from the Kaytagsky District of southeast Dagestan, Russia, inhabited mainly by Dargins and Kumyks. Kaitag textiles are of simple construction, being laid and couched silk-floss embro ...
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Kaitak language
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