Kayakentsky District

Kayakentsky District (Russian: Каяке́нтский райо́н, Kumyk: Къаягентли якъ, Qayagentli yaq) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic. The area of the district is 640 square kilometers (250 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Novokayakent. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 54,089, with the population of Novokayakent accounting for 9.5% of that number.

Kayakentsky District
Каякентский район
Other transcription(s)
  KumykКъаягентли якъ
  DargwaКъаякентла район
Pushkin Mountain, Kayakentsky District
Location of Kayakentsky District in the Republic of Dagestan
Coordinates: 42°23′N 47°59′E
CountryRussia
Federal subjectRepublic of Dagestan
Established1935
Administrative centerNovokayakent
Area
  Total640 km2 (250 sq mi)
Population
  Total54,089
  Estimate 
(2018)
56,074 (+3.7%)
  Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions5 Selsoviets
  Inhabited localities19 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asKayakentsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 14 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID82624000
Websitehttp://kmr05.ru/
Population of Kayakentsky District
2010 Census54,089
2002 Census52,739
1989 Census34,019
1979 Census28,851
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