Khunzakhsky District (russian: Хунзахский райо́н; av, Хунзахъ мухъ) 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 republics of Russia, republic of Russia sit ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the western central part of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Khunzakh
Khunzakh ( av, Хунзахъ, , russian: Хунзах) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Khunzakhsky District in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located in the North Caucasus mountains above sea level. Populati ...
.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,691, with the population of Khunzakh accounting for 13.4% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Khunzakhsky 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 fifteen
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 fifty-nine
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Khunzakhsky Municipal District.
Its fifteen selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-four rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Khunzakh
Khunzakh ( av, Хунзахъ, , russian: Хунзах) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Khunzakhsky District in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located in the North Caucasus mountains above sea level. Populati ...
serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
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Districts of Dagestan
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