Kulinsky District (russian: Кулинский райо́н;
Lak: ) 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 south 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
Vachi.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,174, with the population of Vachi accounting for 7.3% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Kulinsky 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 two
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 fourteen
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kulinsky Municipal District.
Its two selsoviets are incorporated as twelve rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Vachi serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
Demographics
Kulinsky and
Laksky District
Laksky District (russian: Ла́кский райо́н; Lak: ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the republi ...
s are the territory where
Lak people predominantly live. There is also a historical
Mountain Jewish
Mountain Jews or Caucasus Jews also known as Juhuro, Juvuro, Juhuri, Juwuri, Juhurim, Kavkazi Jews or Gorsky Jews ( he, יהודי קווקז ''Yehudey Kavkaz'' or ''Yehudey he-Harim''; russian: Горские евреи, translit=Gorskie Yevrei ...
presence in Kulinsky.
See also
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History of the Lak people Lakia is an ancient ethnic region within the state of Dagestan. Its historical capital is Kumukh, one of the ancient cultural and religious centres of Lakia. The people of Lakia are self-designated as Laks and their native language is Lak.
Pers ...
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Dagestan
Laks (Caucasus)