Khunzakhsky District (russian: Хунзахский райо́н; av, Хунзахъ мухъ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (

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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 ...

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. It is located in the western central part of the republic. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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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

. The district is divided into fifteen selsoviets 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

serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

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