Dagestan Oblast

Dagestan Oblast
Дагестанская область
Coat of arms of Dagestan Oblast
Administrative map of the Dagestan Oblast
Administrative map of the Dagestan Oblast
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1860
Abolished1921
CapitalTemir-Khan-Shura
(present-day Buynaksk)
Area
 • Total
29,709.63 km2 (11,470.95 sq mi)
Highest elevation4,466 m (14,652 ft)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
713,342
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
 • Urban
9.81%
 • Rural
90.19%

The Dagestan Oblast[a] was a province (oblast) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southeastern Dagestan within the Russian Federation. The Dagestan oblast was created in 1860 out of the territories of the former Caucasian Imamate, bordering the Terek Oblast to the north, the Tiflis Governorate and Zakatal Okrug to the west, the Elizavetpol Governorate to the south, and Baku Governorate to the east. The administrative center of the oblast was Temir-Khan-Shura (present-day Buynaksk).[1]


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