Kurakhsky District (Russian: Курахский райо́н; Lezgian: Кьурагь район) 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 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
Location of Kurakhsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 41°35′N 47°47′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Administrative center	Kurakh[1]
Area
• Total	740 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	15,434
• Estimate  (2018)[3]	14,759 (−4.4%)
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	9 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[4]	28 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Kurakhsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 Urban settlements, 14 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	82630000
Website	http://www.mo-kurah.ru

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.[4] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kurakhsky Municipal District.[5] Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as fourteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The selo of Kurakh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[10] district.

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• 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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