Khunzakhsky District

District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia

Khunzakhsky District Хунзахский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Avar	Хунзахъ мухъ
The seloofKhunzakh, the administrative center of Khunzakhsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Khunzakhsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°33′N 46°45′E / 42.550°N 46.750°E / 42.550; 46.750
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	1929
Administrative center	Khunzakh[1]
Area [2]
• Total	551.91 km2 (213.09 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	31,691
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	15Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[4]	59rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporatedas	Khunzakhsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 24 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMOID	82656000
Website	http://khunzakh.ru

Khunzakhsky District (Russian: Хунзахский райо́н; Avar: Хунзахъ мухъ) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic. The area of the district is 551.91 square kilometers (213.09 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (aselo) of Khunzakh.^[1] 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.^[3]

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khunzakhsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.^[1] The district is divided into fifteen selsoviets which comprise fifty-nine rural localities.^[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Khunzakhsky Municipal District.^[5] Its fifteen selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-four rural settlements within the municipal district.^[5] The seloofKhunzakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[10] district.

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• Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №16 от 10 апреля 2002 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №106 от 30 декабря 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №81, 12 апреля 2002 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #16 of April 10, 2002 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law #106 of December 30, 2013 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №6 от 13 января 2005 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №43 от 30 апреля 2015 г. «О статусе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала", статусе и границах внутригородских районов в составе городского округа с внутригородским делением『Город Махачкала』и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №8, 15 февраля 2005 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #6 of January 13, 2005 On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law #43 of April 30, 2015 On the Status of the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, the Status and the Borders of the Intra-City Districts Comprising the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).