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Rutulsky District

District in Republic of Dagestan, Russia

Rutulsky District Рутульский район
District
Village Luchek in Rutulsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Rutulsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 41°32′N 47°25′E / 41.533°N 47.417°E / 41.533; 47.417
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	1929
Administrative center	Rutul[1]
Area
• Total	2,170 km2 (840 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	22,926
• Density	11/km2 (27/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	11Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[3]	40rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporatedas	Rutulsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMOID	82642000
Website	http://www.mo-rutul.ru

Rutulsky District (Russian: Руту́льский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 2,170 square kilometers (840 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (aselo) of Rutul.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,926, with the population of Rutul accounting for 18.0% of that number.^[2]

Administrative and municipal status[edit]

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Rutulsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.^[1] The district is divided into eleven selsoviets which comprise forty rural localities.^[3] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Rutulsky Municipal District.^[4] Its eleven selsoviets are incorporated as seventeen rural settlements within the municipal district.^[4] The seloofRutul serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[9] district.

Demographics[edit]

Ethnic composition (according to the 2010 Census)^[10]

• Rutuls 58.16%
• Tsakhurs 23.01%
• Lezgins 9.32%
• Laks 3.77%
• Avars 2.71%
• Azerbaijanis 1.56%
• Russians 0.13%
• Others 0.13%

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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.).