Lakia, (Lak: Lak, Lakral kanu, Lakkuy)[1] the later name of the ethnic territory of the Laks in the central part of mountainous Dagestan, which is historically known as Gumik or Tuman.[2]Kumukh is the main historical, cultural, spiritual and political center of Lakia that consists of Lakskiy and Kulinskiy districts.[3][4]
^Names as "Lakia", "Lak", "Lakral kanu", and "Lakkuy", identically mean the "Lak" territory.
^А.Р. Шихсаидов. Ислам в средневековом Дагестане VII-XV вв. Академия наук СССР, 1969. — С. 35.
^Исмей-Гаджи Гусейнов. Лаки в истории Дагестана (VI—XX века). Кавказский Узел / Энциклопедия.
^С. К. Каммаев. Легендарная Лакия: Краткий энциклопедический справочник о Лакии и лакцах. Т.1 — Махачкала: Тип. ДНЦ РАН, 2007.