Shamilsky District
Шамильский район
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Avar | Шамилил мухъ |
Coordinates: 42°27′N 46°33′E / 42.450°N 46.550°E / 42.450; 46.550 | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
Established | 1929 |
Administrative center | Khebda[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 920 km2 (360 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 28,122 |
• Density | 31/km2 (79/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 10Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[4] | 52rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporatedas | Shamilsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 25 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMOID | 82646000 |
Website | http://xn--80aqaedff6b6c2b.xn--p1ai/ |
2010 Census | 28,122[3] |
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2002 Census | 26,053[7] |
1989 Census | 19,523[8] |
1979 Census | 23,459[9] |
Shamilsky District (Russian: Шамильский райо́н; Avar: Шамилил 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 920 square kilometers (360 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (aselo) of Khebda.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,122, with the population of Khebda accounting for 9.1% of that number.[3]
Until 1994, the district was called Sovetsky (Сове́тский).[10]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shamilsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into ten selsoviets which comprise fifty-two rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shamilsky Municipal District.[5] Its ten selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-five rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The seloofKhebda serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[11] district.