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Tsuntinsky District

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Country
  
Russia

Administrative center
  
selo of Kidero

Rural localities
  
55

Founded
  
1930

Federal subject
  
Republic of Dagestan

Selsoviets
  
12

Area
  
963.6 km²

Tsuntinsky District

Municipally incorporated as
  
Tsuntinsky Municipal District

Tsuntinsky District (Russian: Цунти́нский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 1,327 square kilometers (512 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kidero. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 18,282, with the population of Kidero accounting for 4.1% of that number.

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Map of Tsuntinsky District, Dagestan Republic, Russia

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tsuntinsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan. The district is divided into twelve selsoviets which comprise fifty-five rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tsuntinsky Municipal District. Its twelve selsoviets are incorporated as thirteen rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Kidero serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.

Demographics

Ethnic composition:

  • Tsez people: 53.9%
  • Bezhta people: 35.1%
  • Hunzib people: 4.8%
  • Hinukh people: 2.7%
  • Russians: 1.2%
  • The main languages are Tsez and Hinuq.

    References

    Tsuntinsky District Wikipedia