Kazikumukhskiy okrug

The Kazikumukhskiy okrug^[a] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kazikumukhskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Kumukh.^[1]

Kazikumukhskiy okrug Казикумухский округ
Okrug
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Oblast	Dagestan
Established	1860
Abolished	1922
Capital	Kumukh
Area
• Total	1,446.25 km2 (558.40 sq mi)
Population  (1916)
• Total	51,250
• Density	35/km2 (92/sq mi)
• Rural	100.00%

Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Kazikumukhskiy okrug in 1917 were:^[2][3]

Name	1912 population	Area
Vitskhinskiy prefecture (Вицхинский участок)	21,639	335.29 square versts (381.58 km2; 147.33 sq mi)
Kazikumukhskiy prefecture (Казикумухский участок)	28,712	935.51 square versts (1,064.67 km2; 411.07 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kazikumukhskiy okrug had a population of 45,363 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 18,122 men and 27,241 women. The majority of the population indicated Kazi-Kumukh to be their mother tongue, with significant Dargin and Avar speaking minorities.^[4]

Linguistic composition of the Kazikumukhskiy okrug in 1897^[4]

Language	Native speakers	%
Kazi-Kumukh	38,014	83.80
Dargin	3,657	8.06
Avar-Andean	2,446	5.39
Kyurin	943	2.08
Tatar[b]	145	0.32
Kumyk	47	0.10
Russian	27	0.06
Georgian	24	0.05
Jewish	12	0.03
Armenian	7	0.02
German	1	0.00
Polish	1	0.00
Ukrainian	1	0.00
Other	38	0.08
TOTAL	45,363	100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kazikumukhskiy okrug had a population of 51,250 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 25,385 men and 25,865 women, 51,092 of whom were the permanent population, and 158 were temporary residents:^[7]

Nationality	Number	%
North Caucasians	51,212	99.93
Russians	37	0.07
Armenians	1	0.00
TOTAL	51,250	100.00

Notes

1. Russian: Казикумухский округ, pre-reform orthography: Казикумухскій округъ [kəzʲɪkʊmʊxskʲɪj ɐkrʊk]
2. Before 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918, with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".^[5][6]