title: Kazikumukhsky okrug
text: # Kazikumukhsky okrug
  
  The Kazikumukhsky okrug was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Kazikumukhsky okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Kumukh.
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Kazikumukhsky okrug were as follows:
  
  | Name | 1912 population | Area |
  | - | - | - |
  | Vitskhinskiy uchastok (Вицхинскій участокъ) | 21,639 | 335.29 square versts (381.58 $km^2;$ 147.33 sq mi) |
  | Kazikumukhskiy uchastok (Казикумухскій участокъ) | 28,712 | 935.51 square versts (1,064.67 $km^2;$ 411.07 sq mi) |
  
  ## Demographics
  
  ### Russian Empire Census
  
  According to the Russian Empire Census, the Kazikumukhsky 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.
  
  Linguistic composition of the Kazikumukhsky okrug in 1897 :
  
  | Language | Native speakers | % |
  | - | - | - |
  | Kazi-Kumukh | 38,014 | 83.80 |
  | Dargin | 3,657 | 8.06 |
  | Avar-Andean | 2,446 | 5.39 |
  | Kyurin | 943 | 2.08 |
  | Tatar | 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 |
  
  ### Kavkazskiy kalendar
  
  According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Kazikumukhsky 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:
  
  | Nationality | Number | % |
  | - | - | - |
  | North Caucasians | 51,212 | 99.93 |
  | Russians | 37 | 0.07 |
  | Armenians | 1 | 0.00 |
  | TOTAL | 51,250 | 100.00 |
  