Kaytagsky District (Russian: Кайта́гский райо́н; Dargwa: Хайдакъла райун; Kumyk: Хайдакълы якъ, Xaydaqlı yaq) 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 678.24 square kilometers (261.87 sq mi).[10] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Madzhalis.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 31,368, with the population of Madzhalis accounting for 21.7% of that number.[2]

Kaytagsky District Кайтагский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Kaitag	Хайдакьан ххаӏр
• Dargwa	Хайдакъла райун
• Kumyk	Хайдакълы якъ
Landscape in Kaytagsky District
Coat of arms
Location of Kaytagsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°07′N 47°50′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	1929
Administrative center	Madzhalis[1]
Area
• Total	678.24 km2 (261.87 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	31,368
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	32,891 (+4.9%)
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	12 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[4]	45 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kaytagsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 Urban settlements, 16 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	82623000
Website	http://kaytagrayon.e-dag.ru

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kaytagsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into twelve selsoviets which comprise forty-five rural localities.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kaytagsky Municipal District.[5] Its twelve selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Madzhalis serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[11] district.

Former state

Around 1800, Kaitag or Karakaitag was a small ethnically Dargin state. Its chief town was Bashli (probably Bashlykent) and its ruler was called the Utsmi.

See also

• Kaitag textiles
• Kaitak language

References

Notes

Sources

• Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №16 от 10 апреля 2002 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №106 от 30 декабря 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №81, 12 апреля 2002 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #16 of April 10, 2002 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law #106 of December 30, 2013 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №6 от 13 января 2005 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №43 от 30 апреля 2015 г. «О статусе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала", статусе и границах внутригородских районов в составе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала" и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №8, 15 февраля 2005 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #6 of January 13, 2005 On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law #43 of April 30, 2015 On the Status of the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, the Status and the Borders of the Intra-City Districts Comprising the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

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