Derbent

Derbent
Дербент
Other transcription(s)
 • Avar, Rutulian, TatDerbend
 • AzerbaijaniДәрбәнд (Dərbənd)
 • DargwaЧяли
 • LezgianКьвевар, Цал, Дербенд
Coat of arms of Derbent
Location of Derbent
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Derbent is located in Republic of Dagestan
Derbent
Derbent
Location of Derbent in Dagestan
Derbent is located in European Russia
Derbent
Derbent
Location of Derbent in European Russia
Derbent is located in Caspian Sea
Derbent
Derbent
Location of Derbent near the Caspian Sea
Derbent is located in Caucasus Mountains
Derbent
Derbent
Location of Derbent near the Caucasus mountains
Derbent is located in Russia
Derbent
Derbent
Location of Derbent in Russia
Coordinates: 42°3′28″N 48°17′20″E / 42.05778°N 48.28889°E / 42.05778; 48.28889
CountryRussia
Federal subjectDagestan[1]
Founded438
City status since1840
Government
 • MayorKhizri M. Abakarov
Area
 • Total69.63 km2 (26.88 sq mi)
Elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 • Total119,200
 • Rank137th in 2010
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
 • Subordinated toCity of Derbent[1]
 • Capital ofCity of Derbent,[1] Derbentsky District[1]
 • Urban okrugDerbent Urban Okrug[4]
 • Capital ofDerbent Urban Okrug,[4] Derbentsky Municipal District
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[5])
Postal code(s)[6]
368600
Dialing code(s)+7 87240
OKTMO ID82710000001
Websitewww.derbent.org
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Derbent is at the foot of the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains, seen here in a photo taken by the MODIS on the orbiting Terra satellite, June 2003

Derbent (Russian: Дербе́нт; Avar: Дербенд; Azerbaijani: Дәрбәнд, romanizedDərbənd; Lezgian: Кьвевар, Цал; Rutul: Derbend), formerly romanized as Derbend,[7] is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. It is the southernmost city in Russia, and it is the second-most important city of Dagestan. Derbent occupies the narrow gateway between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains connecting the Eurasian Steppe to the north and the Iranian Plateau to the south; covering an area of 69.63 square kilometres (26.88 sq mi), with a population of roughly 120,000 residents.

Derbent claims to be the oldest city in Russia, with historical documentation dating to the 8th century BC, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.[8] Due to its strategic location, over the course of history, the city changed ownership many times, particularly among the Persian, Arab, Mongol, Timurid, and Shirvan kingdoms. In the 19th century, the city passed from Persian into Russian hands by the Treaty of Gulistan of 1813.[9]

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  3. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
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  5. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  6. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  7. ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878). "Derbend" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 105.
  8. ^ Derbent - Russia’s oldest city: 5,000 and counting Archived May 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Timothy C. Dowling Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond Archived April 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine p 728 ABC-CLIO, 2 dec. 2014 ISBN 1598849484