Akhtynsky District

Akhtynsky District (Russian: Ахты́нский район; Lezgian: Ахцагь район) 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 and borders with Rutulsky, Kurakhsky, Magaramkentsky, and Dokuzparinsky Districts; in the southwest it has a 62-kilometer (39 mi) long border with Azerbaijan. The area of the district is 1,120 square kilometers (430 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Akhty.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 32,604, with the population of Akhty accounting for 41.1% of that number.^[2]

Akhtynsky District Ахтынский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Lezgian	Ахцагь район
Mount Yarusadag in Akhtynsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Akhtynsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 41°28′N 47°44′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	1928
Administrative center	Akhty[1]
Area
• Total	1,120 km2 (430 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	32,604
• Density	29/km2 (75/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	4 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[3]	19 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Akhtynsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	82606000
Website	https://akhtymr.ru

Population of Akhtynsky District

2010 Census	32,604[2]
2002 Census	31,592[6]
1989 Census	29,160[7]
1979 Census	31,609[8]

Geography

The Samur River flows in the north of the district from west to east. The Akhtychay River flows from southwest to northeast of the district and into the Samur River in Akhty. Gelmets-Akhtynsky Ridge is located between the two rivers.

Administrative and municipal status

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

Demographics

Ethnically, all of the rural localities in the district are Lezgian, with the exception of the selo of Khnov, which is populated by the Rutul people.^{[citation needed]}