Leninkent (Russian: Ленинке́нт) (Chechen: ХӀинжа-гӀала) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of Kirovsky City District of the City of Makhachkala in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia.

As of the 2010 Census, its population was 15,532.

[2] Urban-type settlement status was granted to Leninkent in 1965.

[citation needed] Within the framework of administrative divisions, the urban-type settlement of Leninkent is in jurisdiction of Kirovsky City District of the City of Makhachkala.

[1] Within the framework of municipal divisions, Leninkent is a part of Makhachkala Urban Okrug.