Darginskiy okrug

The Darginskiy okrug was a district of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Darginskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Levashi.

Administrative divisions

The prefectures of the Darginskiy okrug in 1917 were:

Name	1912 population	Area
Akushinskiy prefecture	30,280
Mekeginskiy prefecture	22,235
Syurginskiy prefecture	17,175
Tsudakharskiy prefecture	11,060

Demographics

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Darginskiy okrug had a population of 80,943 on, including 38,403 men and 42,540 women. The majority of the population indicated Dargin to be their mother tongue.

Language	Native speakers	%
Dargin	73,899	91.30
Kazi-Kumukh	3,739	4.62
Avar-Andean	3,131	3.87
Russian	57	0.07
Polish	29	0.04
Georgian	20	0.02
Jewish	19	0.02
Ukrainian	15	0.02
Kyurin	9	0.01
Tatar	8	0.01
Lithuanian	2	0.00
Armenian	1	0.00
German	1	0.00
Other	13	0.02
TOTAL	80,943	100.00

''Kavkazskiy kalendar''

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Darginskiy okrug had a population of 85,131 on, including 42,156 men and 42,975 women, 85,020 of whom were the permanent population, and 111 were temporary residents:

Nationality	Number	%
North Caucasians	85,108	99.97
Russians	23	0.03
TOTAL	85,131	100.00