Gumbetovsky District

Gumbetovsky District (Russian: Гумбе́товский райо́н; Avar: Бакълъул мухъ) 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 west of the republic. The area of the district is 730 square kilometers (280 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Mekhelta.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,046, with the population of Mekhelta accounting for 15.0% of that number.^[2]

Gumbetovsky District Гумбетовский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Avar	Бакълъул мухъ
Coat of arms
Location of Gumbetovsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°48′N 46°30′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	1928
Administrative center	Mekhelta[1]
Area
• Total	730 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	22,046
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	6 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[3]	27 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Gumbetovsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	82615000
Website	http://www.mo-gumbet.ru

Population of Gumbetovsky District

2010 Census	22,046[2]
2002 Census	18,177[6]
1989 Census	11,317[7]
1979 Census	13,180[8]

Administrative and municipal status

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