Akhtynsky District
Akhtynsky District (Russian: Ахты́нский район; Lezgian: Ахцагь 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 and borders with Rutulsky, Kurakhsky, Magaramkentsky, and Dokuzparinsky Districts; in the southwest it has a 62-kilometer (39 mi) long border with Azerbaijan. The area of the district is 1,120 square kilometers (430 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Akhty. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 32,604, with the population of Akhty accounting for 41.1% of that number.
Akhtynsky District
Ахтынский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Lezgian | Ахцагь район |
Mount Yarusadag in Akhtynsky District | |
Location of Akhtynsky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 41°28′N 47°44′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan |
| Established | 1928 |
| Administrative center | Akhty |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,120 km2 (430 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 32,604 |
| • Estimate (2018) | 31,230 (−4.2%) |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 4 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 19 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Akhtynsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 82606000 |
| Website | http://akhty.ru |
| 2010 Census | 32,604 |
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| 2002 Census | 31,592 |
| 1989 Census | 29,160 |
| 1979 Census | 31,609 |
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