Kazbekovsky District

Kazbekovsky District (Russian: Казбе́ковский райо́н) is an administrative^[2] and municipal^[7] 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 723 square kilometers (279 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Dylym.^[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 42,752, with the population of Dylym accounting for 20.2% of that number.^[4]

Kazbekovsky District Казбековский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Avar	Казбек район[1]
• Chechen	Казбековн кIошт
The Aktash River near the selo of Kalininaul in Kazbekovsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Kazbekovsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 43°04′N 46°38′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[2]
Established	1928
Administrative center	Dylym[2]
Area [3]
• Total	723 km2 (279 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	42,752
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
• Urban	12.2%
• Rural	87.8%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Settlements, 3 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[5]	1 urban-type settlements[6], 15 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kazbekovsky Municipal District[7]
• Municipal divisions[7]	1 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [8])
OKTMO ID	82622000
Website	http://www.kazbekovskiy.ru

Population of Kazbekovsky District

2010 Census	42,752[4]
2002 Census	33,140[9]
1989 Census	22,317[10]
1979 Census	19,395[11]

Geography

The district is in rugged terrain in the forested foothills of Degestan, 50 km west of the Caspian Sea. The average height is 500 to 1,000 meters above sea level, with higher elevations reaching 1,900 meters. There are many river valleys, canyons, and gulleys cutting the landscape with fast-moving streams.^[3] The largest river, the Aktash River, flows from southeast to northwest through the district.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kazbekovsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.^[2] It is divided into one settlement (an administrative division with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement (an inhabited locality) of Dubki) and three selsoviets, which comprise fifteen rural localities.^[5] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kazbekovsky Municipal District.^[7] The settlement is incorporated as an urban settlement, and the three selsoviets are incorporated as eleven rural settlements within the municipal district.^[7] The selo of Dylym serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[2] and municipal^[12] district.