Novolaksky District
Novolaksky District
Новолакский район | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Lak | Цӏуссалакрал кIану |
| • Chechen | ГӀазгӀумкийн керла кӀошт |
| • Avar | ЦІиябтум мухъ |
Village (selo) Zori-Otar, Novolaksky District | |
Location of Novolaksky District in the Republic of Dagestan | |
| Coordinates: 43°07′N 46°29′E / 43.117°N 46.483°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Republic of Dagestan |
| Established | 1944 |
| Administrative center | Novolakskoye |
| Area | |
• Total | 218.2 km2 (84.2 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 28,556 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 3 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 15 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Novolaksky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 82639000 |
| Website | http://mo-novolak.ru/ |
| 2010 Census | 28,556 |
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| 2002 Census | 22,019 |
| 1989 Census | 13,381 |
| 1979 Census | 11,447 |
Novolaksky District (Russian: Новола́кский райо́н; Lak: Цӏуссалакрал кIану) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Khasavyurtovsky District in the northeast, Kazbekovsky District in the southeast, and with the Chechen Republic in the west. The area of the district is 218.2 square kilometers (84.2 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Novolakskoye. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 28,556, with the population of Novolakskoye accounting for 20.8% of that number.