Kazbekovsky District (russian: Казбе́ковский райо́н) 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 republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

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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 Dylym. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 42,752, with the population of Dylym accounting for 20.2% of that number.

Geography

The district is in rugged terrain in the forested foothills of Degestan, 50 km west of the

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. The average height is 500 to 1,000 meters above sea level, with higher elevations reaching 1,900 meters. There are many river valleys, canyons, and gulleys cutting the landscape with fast-moving streams. The largest river, the Aktash River, flows from southeast to northwest through the district.

Administrative and municipal status

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

. It is divided into one

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(an administrative division with the

in the

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(an inhabited locality) of Dubki) and three selsoviets, which comprise fifteen rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kazbekovsky Municipal District. The settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the three selsoviets are incorporated as eleven rural settlements within the municipal district. The '' selo'' of Dylym 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 __NOTOC__