Kazikumukhskiy okrug
Казикумухский округ | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Oblast | Dagestan |
Established | 1860 |
Abolished | 1922 |
Capital | Kumukh |
Area | |
• Total | 1,446.25 km2 (558.40 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 51,250 |
• Density | 35/km2 (92/sq mi) |
• Rural | 100.00% |
The Kazikumukhskiy okrug[a] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kazikumukhskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Kumukh.[1]
The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Kazikumukhskiy okrug in 1917 were:[2][3]
Name | 1912 population | Area |
---|---|---|
Vitskhinskiy prefecture (Вицхинский участок) | 21,639 | 335.29 square versts (381.58 km2; 147.33 sq mi) |
Kazikumukhskiy prefecture (Казикумухский участок) | 28,712 | 935.51 square versts (1,064.67 km2; 411.07 sq mi) |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kazikumukhskiy okrug had a population of 45,363 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 18,122 men and 27,241 women. The majority of the population indicated Kazi-Kumukh to be their mother tongue, with significant Dargin and Avar speaking minorities.[4]
Language | Native speakers | % |
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Kazi-Kumukh | 38,014 | 83.80 |
Dargin | 3,657 | 8.06 |
Avar-Andean | 2,446 | 5.39 |
Kyurin | 943 | 2.08 |
Tatar[b] | 145 | 0.32 |
Kumyk | 47 | 0.10 |
Russian | 27 | 0.06 |
Georgian | 24 | 0.05 |
Jewish | 12 | 0.03 |
Armenian | 7 | 0.02 |
German | 1 | 0.00 |
Polish | 1 | 0.00 |
Ukrainian | 1 | 0.00 |
Other | 38 | 0.08 |
TOTAL | 45,363 | 100.00 |
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kazikumukhskiy okrug had a population of 51,250 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 25,385 men and 25,865 women, 51,092 of whom were the permanent population, and 158 were temporary residents:[7]
Nationality | Number | % |
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North Caucasians | 51,212 | 99.93 |
Russians | 37 | 0.07 |
Armenians | 1 | 0.00 |
TOTAL | 51,250 | 100.00 |