Dakhadayevsky District

Dakhadayevsky District (Russian: Дахада́евский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[6] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the republic. The area of the district is 1,450 square kilometers (560 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Urkarakh.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 36,709, with the population of Urkarakh accounting for 12.0% of that number.^[3]

Dakhadayevsky District Дахадаевский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Dargwa	Дахадаевла район
The urban-type settlement of Kubachi in Dakhadayevsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Dakhadayevsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°10′N 47°38′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	1928
Administrative center	Urkarakh[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,450 km2 (560 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	36,709
• Density	25/km2 (66/sq mi)
• Urban	8.3%
• Rural	91.7%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Settlements, 15 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[4]	1 urban-type settlements[5], 63 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Dakhadayevsky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[6]	1 urban settlements, 25 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
OKTMO ID	82618000
Website	http://www.urkarakh.ru

Population of Dakhadayevsky District

2010 Census	36,709[3]
2002 Census	38,359[8]
1989 Census	28,076[9]
1979 Census	31,873[10]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Dakhadayevsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.^[1] It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (an inhabited locality) of Kubachi) and fifteen selsoviets, which comprise sixty-three rural localities.^[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Dakhadayevsky Municipal District.^[6] The settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the fifteen selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-five rural settlements within the municipal district.^[6] The selo of Urkarakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[11] district.