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 (512sqmi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Tsunta. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was18,282, with the population of Kidero, the district center at the time, accounting for 4.1% of that number.
History
Between 1991 and 2017 the selo of Kidero served as the administrative center of Tsuntinsky District, however, it lacks the necessary infrastructure. In 2017, the district center was moved into the selo of Tsunta.
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 Tsunta serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.
↑Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России[All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia](XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.
↑Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Федеральное агентство по технологическому регулированию и метрологии.№ОК 033-20131 января 2014 г. «Общероссийский классификатор территорий муниципальных образований. Код82 658». (Federal State Statistics Service. Federal Agency on Technological Regulation and Metrology.#OK 033-2013January1, 2014 Russian Classification of Territories of Municipal Formations. Code82 658. ).
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Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан.Закон№16от10 апреля 2002 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №106 от30 декабря 2013 г.«О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силусо дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №81, 12 апреля 2002 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan.Law#16ofApril10, 2002 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law#106 ofDecember30, 2013 On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as ofthe day of the official publication.).
Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан.Закон№6от13 января 2005 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №43 от30 апреля 2015 г.«О статусе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала", статусе и границах внутригородских районов в составе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала" и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силусо дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №8, 15 февраля 2005 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan.Law#6ofJanuary13, 2005 On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law#43 ofApril30, 2015 On the Status of the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, the Status and the Borders of the Intra-City Districts Comprising the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as ofthe day of the official publication.).