Botlikhsky District


Botlikhsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Botlikh. As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 54,322, with the population of Botlikh accounting for 22.4% of that number.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Botlikhsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan. The district is divided into nine selsoviets which comprise thirty-seven rural localities. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Botlikhsky Municipal District. Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district. The selo of Botlikh serves as the administrative center of both the administrative and municipal district.