Nogaysky District, Dagestan

For other places with the same name, see Nogaysky District.

Nogaysky District (Russian: Нога́йский райо́н; Nogai: Ногай районы, Nogay rayonı) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is named after the members of the Karanogay or Qara-Nogai ethnicity who live in the district. Nogaysky District is located in the north of Dagestan. The area of the district is 9,000 square kilometers (3,500 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Terekli-Mekteb.^[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,472, with the population of Terekli-Mekteb accounting for 35.6% of that number.^[3]

Nogaysky District Ногайский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Nogay	Ногай районы
Nogay Reserve, Nogaysky District
Coat of arms
Location of Nogaysky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 44°10′N 45°52′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	22 November 1928
Administrative center	Terekli-Mekteb[1]
Area [2]
• Total	9,000 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	22,472
• Density	2.5/km2 (6.5/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	5 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[4]	17 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Nogaysky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	82640000
Website	http://nogaysky.ru

Population of Nogaysky District

2010 Census	22,472[3]
2002 Census	21,685[7]
1989 Census	17,663[8]
1979 Census	17,056[9]

The raion is roughly rectangular and lies at the northwest corner of Dagestan. Although most of Dagestan is mountainous, the raion is mostly dry steppe. On the east the Tarumovsky District separates it from the Caspian Sea. To the south is Chechnya, to the west is Stavropol Krai and to the north is Kalmykia. By the 2010 census the population was 22,472, of which 87.0% were Nogais, 8.1% Dargins, 1.0% Russians, 0.9% Chechens, 0.5% Kazakhs, 0.4% Kumyks, 0.2% Tatars, 0.2% Avars, 0.1% Laks and 0.1% Kabardians. The same census reported 103,660 Nogais in the Russian federation. These are the remnants of the once-great Nogai Horde. It was founded in 1928, transferred to Stavropol Krai in 1938 and returned to Dagestan in 1957. In 1966 the name was changed from Karanogai to Nogai.

Administrative and municipal status

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