The Gunibskiy okrug was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Gunibskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's centre was Gunib.

Administrative divisions The prefectures () of the Gunibskiy okrug in 1917 were: Name1912 populationAreaAndalyalskiy prefecture ()14,623Ants.-Kapuchinskiy prefecture ()15,607Kuyadinskiy prefecture ()10,076Tilitl-Gidatlinskiy prefecture ()18,829Tleyserukhskiy prefecture ()14,443

Demographics

Russian Empire Census According to the Russian Empire Census, the Gunibskiy okrug had a population of 37,639 on , including 18,890 men and 18,749 women. The majority of the population indicated Avar to be their mother tongue. +Linguistic composition of the Gunibskiy okrug in 1897LanguageNative speakers%Avar-Andean52,22793.43Kazi-Kumukh2,1133.78Dargin7741.38Russian3760.67Ukrainian1590.28Polish840.15Tatar350.06Jewish330.06Kumyk170.03Lithuanian160.03Armenian100.02German80.01Georgian70.01Belarusian10.00Other390.07TOTAL55,899100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Gunibskiy okrug had a population of 76,175 on , including 38,079 men and 38,096 women, 76,088 of whom were the permanent population, and 87 were temporary residents: NationalityNumber%North Caucasians76,08899.89Russians750.10Armenians60.01Other Europeans60.01TOTAL76,175100.00

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