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Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug
| Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug Темир-Хан-Шуринский округ | | --- | | Okrug | | Location in the Dagestan Oblast | | Russian Empire | | Caucasus | | Dagestan | | 1867 | | 1922 | | Temir-Khan-Shura(present-day Buynaksk) | | 6,218.38 km2 (2,400.93 sq mi) | | 136,234 | | 21.9083/km2 (56.7422/sq mi) | | 28.48% | | 71.52% |
The Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Temir-Khan-Shura (present-day Buynaksk).
The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug in 1917 were:
| Name | 1912 population | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Dzhengutayevskiy prefecture (Дженгутаевский участок) | 33,330 | 720.86 square versts (820.38 km2; 316.75 mi2) |
| Tarkinskiy prefecture (Таркинский участок) | 9,842 | 1,866.78 square versts (2,124.51 km2; 820.28 mi2) |
| Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy prefecture (Темир-Хан-Шуринский участок) | 23,174 | 1,134.87 square versts (1,291.55 km2; 498.67 mi2) |
| Chir-Yurtovskiy prefecture (Чиръ-Юртовский участок) | 5,312 | 1,741.50 square versts (1,981.94 km2; 765.23 mi2) |
| Tsrist. prom. Kut. (Црист. пром. Кут.) | 1,613 | – |
| Pom. N.-ka Tarkin. prefecture (Пом. Н.-ка Таркин. участок) | 15,036 | – |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug had a population of 97,348 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 54,052 men and 43,296 women. The majority of the population indicated Kumyk to be their mother tongue, with significant Avar-Andean, Dargin, and Russian speaking minorities.
| Language | Native speakers | % |
|---|---|---|
| Kumyk | 49,730 | 51.08 |
| Avar-Andean | 15,194 | 15.61 |
| Dargin | 9,724 | 9.99 |
| Russian | 9,623 | 9.89 |
| Jewish | 2,787 | 2.86 |
| Nogai | 1,908 | 1.96 |
| Ukrainian | 1,750 | 1.80 |
| Persian | 1,631 | 1.68 |
| Tatar | 1,261 | 1.30 |
| Polish | 1,024 | 1.05 |
| Armenian | 916 | 0.94 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 588 | 0.60 |
| Georgian | 241 | 0.25 |
| Lithuanian | 234 | 0.24 |
| German | 189 | 0.19 |
| Chechen | 44 | 0.05 |
| Belarusian | 19 | 0.02 |
| Kyurin | 15 | 0.02 |
| Tat | 4 | 0.00 |
| Other | 466 | 0.48 |
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Temir-Khan-Shurinskiy okrug had a population of 136,234 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 72,367 men and 63,867 women, 100,896 of whom were the permanent population, and 35,338 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunni Muslims | 76 | 0.20 | 90,840 | 93.24 | 90,916 | 66.74 |
| Russians | 19,478 | 50.19 | 5,522 | 5.67 | 25,000 | 18.35 |
| North Caucasians | 7,109 | 18.32 | 0 | 0.00 | 7,109 | 5.22 |
| Jews | 5,034 | 12.97 | 848 | 0.87 | 5,882 | 4.32 |
| Shia Muslims | 3,344 | 8.62 | 185 | 0.19 | 3,529 | 2.59 |
| Armenians | 2,064 | 5.32 | 22 | 0.02 | 2,086 | 1.53 |
| Asiatic Christians | 785 | 2.02 | 0 | 0.00 | 785 | 0.58 |
| Other Europeans | 736 | 1.90 | 12 | 0.01 | 748 | 0.55 |
| Georgians | 179 | 0.46 | 0 | 0.00 | 179 | 0.13 |
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