Kizilyurtovsky District (russian: Кизилю́ртовский райо́н; av, Гъизилюрт мухъ; kum, Къызылюрт якъ, ''Qızılyurt yaq'') 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 republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the center 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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
is the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Kizilyurt (which is not administratively a part of the district).
[Law #16] As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 61,876.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Kizilyurtovsky District is one of the
forty-one in the republic.
It is divided into three
selsoviets, comprising sixteen
rural localities.
The town of
Kizilyurt serves as 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 is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
, despite being incorporated separately as an
administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kizilyurtovsky Municipal District.
Its three selsoviets are incorporated as thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The Town of Kizilyurt is incorporated separately from the district as Kizilyurt Urban Okrug,
but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.
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Districts of Dagestan
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