Buynaksky District (Russian: Буйнакский район, Kumyk: Шура якъ) 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 center of the republic. The area of the district is 1,842.09 square kilometers (711.23 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Buynaksk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 73,402.[3]
Buynaksky District Буйнакский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Kumyk | Темирхан-шура якъ |
• Avar | Буйнакъ мухъ |
• Dargwa | Буйнакск къатI |
![]() View of New Kumukh, Buynaksky District | |
![]() Location of Buynaksky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
Coordinates: 42°49′N 47°07′E / 42.817°N 47.117°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan[1] |
Established | 1923![]() |
Administrative center | Buynaksk[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,842.09 km2 (711.23 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 73,402 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 9 Selsoviets |
• Inhabited localities[4] | 30 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Buynaksky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 20 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
OKTMO ID | 82611000 |
Website | http://буйнакскийрайон.рф |
2010 Census | 73,402[3] |
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2002 Census | 65,018[7] |
1989 Census | 50,094[8] |
1979 Census | 45,285[9] |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buynaksky District is one of the forty-one in the republic.[1] It is divided into nine selsoviets, comprising thirty rural localities.[4] The town of Buynaksk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Buynaksky Municipal District.[5] Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The Town of Buynaksk is incorporated separately from the district as Buynaksk Urban Okrug,[5] but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.[10]
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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.).