Buynaksky District

Buynaksky District (Russian: Буйнакский район, Kumyk: Шура якъ) is an administrative and municipal 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). Its administrative center is the town of Buynaksk (which is not administratively a part of the district). As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 73,402.

Buynaksky District
Буйнакский район
Other transcription(s)
  KumykТемирхан-шура якъ
  AvarБуйнакъ мухъ
  DargwaБуйнакск къатI
View of New Kumukh, Buynaksky District
Location of Buynaksky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°49′N 47°07′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Dagestan
Established1923
Administrative centerBuynaksk
Area
  Total1,842.09 km2 (711.23 sq mi)
Population
  Total73,402
  Estimate 
(2018)
80,767 (+10%)
  Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions9 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities30 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asBuynaksky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 20 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID82611000
Websitehttp://буйнакскийрайон.рф
Population of Buynaksky District
2010 Census73,402
2002 Census65,018
1989 Census50,094
1979 Census45,285
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