Kurakhsky District
Kurakhsky District
Курахский район | |
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| 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 / 41.583°N 47.783°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan |
| Established | 22 November 1928 |
| Administrative center | Kurakh |
| Area | |
• Total | 740 km2 (290 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 15,434 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 9 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 28 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Kurakhsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 82630000 |
| Website | http://www.mo-kurah.ru |
| 2010 Census | 15,434 |
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| 2002 Census | 15,206 |
| 1989 Census | 11,411 |
| 1979 Census | 14,838 |
Kurakhsky District (Russian: Курахский райо́н; Lezgian: Кьурагь район) is an administrative and municipal 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). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kurakh. 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.