Kazbekovsky District (russian: Казбе́ковский райо́н) is an administrative
[Law #16] and municipal
[Law #6] district (
raion), one of the
forty-one
41 (forty-one, XLI) is the natural number following 40 and preceding 42.
In mathematics
* the 13th smallest prime number. The next is 43, making both twin primes.
* the sum of the first six prime numbers (2 + 3 + 5 +& ...
in the
Republic of Dagestan,
Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Dylym
Dylym (russian: Дылым, av, Дилим) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kazbekovsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental ...
.
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
Caspian Sea. 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
The Aktash (russian: Акташ) is a river in the Kasbek and Khasavyurt districts of the Republic of Daghestan in Caucasian Russia. It is long, with its width varying from 1.5 meters (5 ft) to . It has an overall slope of 14%. Its wate ...
, 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
41 (forty-one, XLI) is the natural number following 40 and preceding 42.
In mathematics
* the 13th smallest prime number. The next is 43, making both twin primes.
* the sum of the first six prime numbers (2 + 3 + 5 +& ...
in the
Republic of Dagestan.
It is divided into one
settlement (an administrative division with the
administrative center in the
urban-type settlement (an inhabited locality) of
Dubki Dubki may refer to:
*Dubki, Republic of Dagestan, an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia
* Dubki, Bezhanitsky District, Pskov Oblast, a village in Bezhanitsky District of Pskov Oblast, Russia
* Dubki, Ostrovsky District, Pskov ...
) 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 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
Dylym (russian: Дылым, av, Дилим) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kazbekovsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental ...
serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Dagestan
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