Kurakhsky District

Kurakhsky District (Russian: Курахский райо́н; Lezgian: Кьурагь район) 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 south of the republic. The area of the district is 740 square kilometers (290 sq mi).^{[citation needed]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kurakh.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 15,434, with the population of Kurakh accounting for 21.0% of that number.^[2]

Kurakhsky District Курахский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Lezgin	Кьурагь район
• Aghul	Къуругь райун
The northern slope of Mount Gestinkil is located in Kurakhsky District
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Location of Kurakhsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 41°35′N 47°47′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	22 November 1928
Administrative center	Kurakh[1]
Area
• Total	740 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	15,434
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	9 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[3]	28 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kurakhsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	82630000
Website	http://www.mo-kurah.ru

Population of Kurakhsky District

2010 Census	15,434[2]
2002 Census	15,206[6]
1989 Census	11,411[7]
1979 Census	14,838[8]

Administrative and municipal status

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