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

[1] The district is divided into two selsoviets which comprise fourteen rural localities.

[5] Its two selsoviets are incorporated as twelve rural settlements within the municipal district.

Kulinsky and Laksky Districts are the territory where Lak people predominantly live.

[citation needed] There is also a historical Mountain Jewish presence in Kulinsky.