Khasavyurtovsky District (russian: Хасавю́ртовский райо́н; av, Хасавхъала мухъ; kum, Хасавюрт якъ, ''Xasavürt yaq''; ce, Хаси-Эвлан кӀошт, ''Xasi-Evlan khioşt'') 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 west of the republic. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
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is the
city
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of
Khasavyurt (which is not administratively a part of the district).
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 141,232.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Khasavyurtovsky District is one of the
forty-one in the republic.
It is divided into thirteen
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, comprising fifty-eight
rural localities.
The city of
Khasavyurt serves as its
administrative center
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, 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 Khasavyurtovsky Municipal District.
Its thirteen selsoviets are incorporated as forty-two rural settlements within the municipal district.
The City of Khasavyurt is incorporated separately from the district as Khasavyurt Urban Okrug,
but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.
Demographics
As of the
2010 Census, the main ethnic groups are:
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Avars: 31.4%
*
Kumyks: 30.7%
*
Chechens: 25.8%
*
Dargins
Dargins or Dargwa (, ''darganti'') are a Northeast Caucasian native ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus, and who make up the second largest ethnic group in the North Caucasian republic of Dagestan. They speak the Dargwa language. The ...
: 5.4%
*
Lezgians: 5.3%
*
Laks: 0.2%
*
Russians
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: 0.2%
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Dagestan