Dagestan

For other uses, see Dagestan (disambiguation).
"Dağıstan" redirects here. For the neighbourhood in Ceyhan, Turkey, see Dağıstan, Ceyhan.

Republic of Dagestan
Republic
Республика Дагестан
13 other official names
  • Avar:Дагъистан Жумгьурият
    Dargin:Дагъистан Республика
    Kumyk:Дагъыстан Жумгьурият
    Lezgian:Дагъустандин Республика
    Lak:Дагъусттаннал Республика
    Tabasaran:Дагъустан Республика
    Rutul:Республика Дагъустан
    Aghul:Республика Дагъустан
    Tsakhur:Республика Дагъустан
    Nogai:Дагыстан Республикасы
    Chechen:Дегӏестан Республика
    Azerbaijani:Дағыстан Республикасы
    Tat:Республикей Догъисту
Flag of Republic of Dagestan
Flag
Coat of arms of Republic of Dagestan
Coat of arms
Anthem: "State Anthem of the Republic of Dagestan"
Location of Dagestan (red) within European Russia
Location of Dagestan (red)
within European Russia
Coordinates: 42°59′2″N 47°30′18″E / 42.98389°N 47.50500°E / 42.98389; 47.50500
CountryRussia
Federal districtNorth Caucasian[1]
Economic regionNorth Caucasus[2]
CapitalMakhachkala
Government
 • BodyPeople's Assembly[3]
 • Head[3]Sergey Melikov
Area
[4]
 • Total
50,270 km2 (19,410 sq mi)
 • Rank52nd
Population
 (2021 census)[5]
 • Total
Increase 3,182,054
 • Estimate 
(2018)[6]
3,063,885
 • Rank10th
 • Urban
45.2%
 • Rural
54.8%
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
ISO 3166 codeRU-DA
License plates05
OKTMO ID82000000
Official languagesRussian;[8] 
[9][10]
Websitehttp://www.e-dag.ru/
Sulak Canyon is one of the world's deepest canyons
Kakhib, one of many abandoned auls in Dagestan
Abandoned Lezgin village of Grar
Rutulian village Luchek

Dagestan (/ˌdæɡɪˈstæn, -ˈstɑːn/ DAG-i-STA(H)N; Russian: Дагестан; IPA: [dəɡʲɪˈstan]), officially the Republic of Dagestan,[a] is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Federal District. The republic is the southernmost tip of Russia, sharing land borders with the countries of Azerbaijan and Georgia to the south and southwest, the Russian republics of Chechnya and Kalmykia to the west and north, and with Stavropol Krai to the northwest. Makhachkala is the republic's capital and largest city; other major cities are Derbent, Kizlyar, Izberbash, Kaspiysk, and Buynaksk.

Dagestan covers an area of 50,300 square kilometres (19,400 square miles), with a population of over 3.1 million,[12] consisting of over 30 ethnic groups and 81 nationalities.[13] With 14 official languages, and 12 ethnic groups each constituting more than 1% of its total population, the republic is one of Russia's most linguistically and ethnically diverse, and one of the most heterogeneous administrative divisions in the world.[14] Most of the residents speak one of the Northeast Caucasian, or Turkic languages;[13] however, Russian is the primary language and the lingua franca in the republic.[15]

  1. ^ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
  2. ^ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
  3. ^ a b Constitution, Article 8
  4. ^ "Сведения о наличии и распределении земель в Российской Федерации на 01.01.2019 (в разрезе субъектов Российской Федерации)". Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  5. ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
  9. ^ According to Article 11 of the Constitution of Dagestan, the official languages of the republic include "Russian and the languages of the peoples of Dagestan"
  10. ^ Solntsev et al., pp. XXXIX–XL
  11. ^ Всероссийский Центральный Исполнительный Комитет. Декрет от 20 января 1921 г. «Об Автономной Дагестанской Социалистической Советской Республике». (All-Russian Central Executive Committee. Decree of January 20, 1921 On Autonomous Dagestan Socialist Soviet Republic. ).
  12. ^ "Оценка численности постоянного населения по субъектам Российской Федерации". Главная::Федеральная служба государственной статистики. Archived from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Dagestan". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  14. ^ Heinrich, Hans-Georg; Lobova, Ludmila; Malashenko, Alexei (2011). Will Russia Become a Muslim Society?. Peter Lang. p. 46. ISBN 978-3631609132. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  15. ^ Dalby, Andrew (2004). Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages. Columbia University Press. p. 59. ISBN 0231115695. Retrieved August 6, 2012.


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