{{Infobox Russian district |en_name=Kulinsky District |ru_name=Кулинский район |loc_name1=Ккуллал кIану |loc_lang1=Lak |image_map={{Russia district OSM map}} |map_caption=Location of Kulinsky District in the Republic of Dagestan |image_view=Вачи, Лакия (фото1).jpg |image_caption=Vachi, in Kulinsky District |coordinates = {{coord|42|04|N|47|13|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}} |image_flag=Flag of Kulinsky rayon (Dagestan).png |image_coa=Coat of Arms of Kulinsky rayon (Dagestan).png |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Republic of Dagestan |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="RDagestan_admlaw" /> |adm_ctr_name=Vachi |adm_ctr_ref=<ref name="RDagestan_admlaw" /> |selsoviet_type1=Selsoviets |no_of_selsoviets_type1=2 |no_of_rural_localities=14 |counts_ref=<ref name="OKATO2" /> |mun_formation1=Kulinsky Municipal District |mun_formation1_ref=<ref name="RDagestan_mun" /> |mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements=0 |mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements=12 |mun_formation1_counts_ref=<ref name="RDagestan_mun" /> |mun_formation1_leader_title= |mun_formation1_leader_title_ref= |mun_formation1_leader_name= |mun_formation1_leader_name_ref= |mun_formation1_representative_body= |mun_formation1_representative_body_ref= |area_km2=649 |area_km2_ref=<ref name="about"/> |pop_2010census=11174 |urban_pop_2010census=0% |rural_pop_2010census=100% |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date= |established_date_ref= |website=http://www.kulirayon.ru }} {{Infobox |title=Population of Kulinsky District |label1=2010 Census |data1=11,174<ref name="2010Census" /> |label2=2002 Census |data2=10,760<ref name="2002Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}}</ref> |label3=1989 Census |data3=10,455<ref name="1989Census">{{ru-pop-ref|1989Census}}</ref> |label4=1979 Census |data4=13,237<ref name="1979Census">{{ru-pop-ref|1979Census}}</ref> }} '''Kulinsky District''' ({{langx|ru|Кулинский райо́н}}; Lak: {{lang|lbe|Ккуллал кIану}}) is an administrative<ref name="RDagestan_admlaw">Law #16</ref> and municipal<ref name="RDagestan_mun">Law #6</ref> district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic.<!-- and borders with District in the north, District in the east, District in the south, and with District in the west.--> The area of the district is {{convert|649|km2|sp=us}}.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://www.kulirayon.ru/o-rajone/istoriya.html|publisher=Kulinsky District|language=russian|access-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref> Its administrative center is the rural locality (a ''selo'') of Vachi.<ref name="RDagestan_admlaw" /> As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 11,174, with the population of Vachi accounting for 7.3% of that number.<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref>
==Administrative and municipal status== Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kulinsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.<ref name="RDagestan_admlaw" /> The district is divided into two selsoviets which comprise fourteen rural localities.<ref name="OKATO2">{{OKATO reference|82 229}}</ref> As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as '''Kulinsky Municipal District'''.<ref name="RDagestan_mun" /> Its two selsoviets are incorporated as twelve rural settlements within the municipal district.<ref name="RDagestan_mun" /> The ''selo'' of Vachi serves as the administrative center of both the administrative<ref name="RDagestan_admlaw" /> and municipal<ref name="OKTMO">{{OKTMO reference|82 629}}</ref> district.
==Demographics== Kulinsky and Laksky Districts are the territory where Lak people predominantly live.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} There is also a historical Mountain Jewish presence in Kulinsky.
==See also== *History of the Lak people
==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}
===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|da|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|da|mun|list}}
{{Republic of Dagestan}} {{Rural localities in Kulinsky District}} {{Authority control}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
Category:Districts of Dagestan Category:Laks (Caucasus)