Laksky District (Russian: Ла́кский райо́н; Lak: Лакрал кӏану) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the southern central part of the republic. The area of the district is 750 square kilometers (290 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kumukh.[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 12,161, with the population of Kumukh accounting for 15.9% of that number.[3]

Laksky District Лакский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Lak	Лакрал кӏану
The selo of Kundy in Laksky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Laksky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°10′N 47°07′E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Republic of Dagestan[1]
Established	29 March 1935
Administrative center	Kumukh[1]
Area [2]
• Total	750 km2 (290 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	12,161
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	11,841 (−2.6%)
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	16 Selsoviets
• Inhabited localities[5]	50 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Laksky Municipal District[6]
• Municipal divisions[6]	0 Urban settlements, 19 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [7])
OKTMO ID	82632000
Website	http://www.gazikumuh.ru

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Laksky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.[1] The district is divided into sixteen selsoviets which comprise fifty rural localities.[5] As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Laksky Municipal District.[6] Its sixteen selsoviets are incorporated as nineteen rural settlements within the municipal district.[6] The selo of Kumukh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative[1] and municipal[11] district.

Demographics

Laksky and Kulinsky Districts are the territory where the ethnic Laks predominantly live.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• History of the Lak people

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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