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Dagestan ( / ˌdæɡɪˈstæn, - ˈstɑːn / DAG-ə-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 ...
Historically, Dagestan consisted of a federation of mountainous principalities in the eastern part of the North Caucasus. Located at the crossroads of world civilizations of north and south, Dagestan was the scene of clashes of interests of many states and until the early 19th century, most notably between Iran and the Russian Empire .
Makhachkala, [a] previously known as Petrovskoye [b] (1844–1857) and Port-Petrovsk [c] (1857–1921), or by the local Kumyk name of Anji, [10] is the capital and largest city of Dagestan, Russia. The city is located on the Caspian Sea, covering an area of 468.13 square kilometres (180.75 square miles), with a population of over 623,254 ...
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; Lezgian: Кьвевар, Цал; Azerbaijani: Дәрбәнд, romanized: Dərbənd; Avar: Дербенд), formerly romanized as Derbend, is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea.
The fifth region of Dagestan is the semi arid plain north of the Terek river. This region receives around 8–10 in or 20–25 cm of rain per year, so vegetation as a whole is more scarce in this region when compared to other parts of Dagestan. This northern dry region of Dagestan is part of the greater Nogai Steppe region of Russia.
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Republic of Dagestan, Russia: Capital: Makhachkala: As of 2014: # of districts (районы) 41 # of cities/towns (города) 10 # of urban-type settlements (посёлки городского типа) 19 # of selsovets (сельсоветы) 363 As of 2002: # of rural localities (сельские населённые пункты) 1,605
Location map of Republic of Dagestan. / 43.085; 46.835. Module:Location map/data/Russia Dagestan is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Republic of Dagestan. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.