Laksky District (russian: Ла́кский 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,
Russia
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. It is located in the southern central part of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Kumukh
Kumukh (russian: Кумух; lbe, Гъумук) aka Gazi Kumukh is a village and the administrative center of Laksky District in Dagestan. It is located on the banks of the Kazikumukh Koysu, a branch of the Sulak River.
Etymology
Laks use the na ...
.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 12,161, with the population of Kumukh accounting for 15.9% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Laksky District is one of the
forty-one in the
Republic of Dagestan.
The district is divided into sixteen
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
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Laksky Municipal District.
Its sixteen selsoviets are incorporated as nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Kumukh
Kumukh (russian: Кумух; lbe, Гъумук) aka Gazi Kumukh is a village and the administrative center of Laksky District in Dagestan. It is located on the banks of the Kazikumukh Koysu, a branch of the Sulak River.
Etymology
Laks use the na ...
serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
Demographics
Laksky and
Kulinsky Districts are the territory where the ethnic
Laks predominantly live.
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.
Persi ...
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Dagestan
Laks (Caucasus)