Khivsky District

Khivsky District (Russian: Хи́вский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 620 square kilometers (240 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Khiv.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,753, with the population of Khiv accounting for 11.7% of that number.^[3]

Khivsky District Хивский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Tabassaran and Lezgian	Хив район
The selo of Kug in Khivsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Khivsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 41°45′N 47°56′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	23 March 1935
Administrative center	Khiv[1]
Area [2]
• Total	620 km2 (240 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	22,753
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	11 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[4]	42 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Khivsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	82655000
Website	http://www.mo-khivskiy.ru

Population of Khivsky District

2010 Census	22,753[3]
2002 Census	20,747[7]
1989 Census	16,961[8]
1979 Census	19,862[9]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khivsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.^[1] The district is divided into eleven selsoviets which comprise forty-two rural localities.^[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Khivsky Municipal District.^[5] Its eleven selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.^[5] The selo of Khiv serves as the administrative center of both the administrative^[1] and municipal^[10] district.