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{{Translated|ru|Буйнакский район}}
Buynaksky District (Russian: Буйнакский район, Kumyk: Шура якъ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic. The area of the district is 1,842.09 square kilometers (711.23 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Buynaksk (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 73,402.[3]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Buynaksky District is one of the forty-one in the republic.[1] It is divided into nine selsoviets, comprising thirty rural localities.[4] The town of Buynaksk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Buynaksky Municipal District.[5] Its nine selsoviets are incorporated as twenty rural settlements within the municipal district.[5] The Town of Buynaksk is incorporated separately from the district as Buynaksk Urban Okrug,[5] but serves as the administrative center of the municipal district as well.[10]