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Magaramkentsky District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
selo of Magaramkent

Rural localities
  
33

Founded
  
1943

Federal subject
  
Republic of Dagestan

Selsoviets
  
8

Area
  
654.7 km²

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Municipally incorporated as
  
Magaramkentsky Municipal District

Magaramkentsky District (Russian: Магарамкентский райо́н; Lezgian: Мегьарамдхуьруьн район) 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 654.6 square kilometers (252.7 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Magaramkent. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 62,195, with the population of Magaramkent accounting for 11.2% of that number.

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Map of Magaramkentsky District, Dagestan Republic, Russia

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Magaramkentsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan. The district is divided into eight selsoviets which comprise thirty-three rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Magaramkentsky Municipal District. Its eight selsoviets are incorporated as twenty-two rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Magaramkent serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

References

Magaramkentsky District Wikipedia