[3] Gunib was historically important as a natural fortress during the Caucasian War of the 19th century.

Imam Shamil, leader of the Chechen and Dagestani tribes, made his last stand against the Russians at Gunib, where he gave himself up to the Russian commander, Prince Aleksandr Baryatinsky, on August 25, 1859.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, Gunibsky District is one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan.

[1] The district is divided into ten selsoviets which comprise sixty-seven rural localities.

[5] Its ten selsoviets are incorporated as eighteen rural settlements within the municipal district.