Botlikhsky District () 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
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,
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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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Botlikh.
As of the
2010 Census, the total population of the district was 54,322, with the population of Botlikh accounting for 22.4% of that number.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Botlikhsky District is one of the
forty-one in the
Republic of Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...
.
The district is divided into nine
selsoviet
A selsoviet (; , ; ) is the shortened name for Selsky soviet, i.e., rural council (; ; ). It has three closely related meanings:
*The administration (''soviet (council), soviet'') of a certain rural area.
*The territorial subdivision administered ...
s which comprise thirty-seven
rural localities.
As a
municipal division, the district is incorporated as Botlikhsky Municipal District.
Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district.
The ''
selo'' of
Botlikh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative
and municipal
district.
References
Notes
Sources
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Districts of Dagestan
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