Administrative center selo of Khiv Rural localities 42 Founded 1935 | Federal subject Republic of Dagestan Selsoviets 11 Area 471.4 km² | |
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Khivsky District (Russian: Хи́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is 620 square kilometers (240 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Khiv. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 22,753, with the population of Khiv accounting for 11.7% of that number.
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Map of Khivsky District, Dagestan Republic, Russia
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Khivsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan. The district is divided into eleven selsoviets which comprise forty-two rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Khivsky Municipal District. Its eleven selsoviets are incorporated as sixteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Khiv serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.