Dagestan
Republic o Dagestan | |
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| Республика Дагестан | |
 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Anthem: Naitional Anthem o the Republic o Dagestan | |
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| Coordinates: 43°06′N 46°53′E / 43.100°N 46.883°ECoordinates: 43°06′N 46°53′E / 43.100°N 46.883°E | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal destrict | North Caucasian[1] |
| Economic region | North Caucasus[2] |
| Established | 10 Januar 1921[3] |
| Caipital | Makhachkala |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bodi | Fowkassembly[4] |
| • Preses[4] | Magomedsalam Magomedov[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50300 km2 (19,400 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 52nt |
| Population (2010 Census)[7] | |
| • Total | 2,910,249 |
| • Estimate (2018)[8] | 3,063,885 (+5.3%) |
| • Rank | 12t |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 45.2% |
| • Rural | 54.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time  [9]) |
| ISO 3166 code | RU-DA |
| License plates | 05 |
| OKTMO ID | 82000000 |
| Offeecial leids | Roushie;[10] Aghul, Avar, Azeri, Chechen, Dargwa, Kumyk, Lak, Lezgian, Nogai, Rutul, Tabasaran, Tat, Tsakhur[11][12] |
| Website | http://www.e-dag.ru/ |
The Republic o Dagestan (/[unsupported input]dɑːɡᵻˈstɑːn/ or /dæɡᵻˈstæn/; Roushie: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respublika Dagestan; an aw spelt Daghestan) is a federal subject (a republic) o Roushie, locatit in the North Caucasus region. Its caipital an the lairgest ceety is Makhachkala, locatit at the centre o Dagestan on the Caspian Sea. Population: 2,910,249 (2010 Census).[7]
Dagestan is ethnically vera diverse, wi several dozen ethnic groups an subgroups inhabitin the republic, maist o which speak aither Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian leids. Lairgest amang thir ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, an Laks.[13] While Roushies form anerlie a sma proportion (4.7%) o the population, Roushie remains the primary offeecial leid.
Dagestan haes been a scene o law-level Islamic insurgency, occasional ootbreaks o separatism, ethnic tensions an terrorism syne the 1990s. Accordin tae International Crisis Group, the militant Islamist organisation Shariat Jamaat is responsible for hintle o the violence.[14] Hintle o the tension is ruitit in an internal Islamic conflict atween traditional Sufi groups advocatin secular govrenment an mair recently introducit Salafist teachers preachin the implementation o Sharia law in Dagestan.
Toponymy
[eedit | eedit soorce]The wird Dagestan is o Turkic oreegin. Dag means 'muntain' an -stan is a Persie suffix meanin 'land'. The wird Dagestan therefore means "the land o muntains". Some areas o Dagestan wur kent as Albanie, Avaria, an Tarkov at various times.[15]
Names for Dagestan
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Avar - Дагъистаналъул Республика (Dağistanal‘ul Respublika)
- Dargin - Дагъистанес Республика (Dağistanes Respublika)
- Kumyk - Дагъыстан Республикасы (Dağıstan Respublikası)
- Lezgian - Дагъустандин Республика (Dağustandin Respublika)
- Lak - Дагъустаннал Республика (Dağustannal Respublika)
- Tabasaran - Дагъустан Республика (Dağustan Respublika)
- Turkis - Dağıstan Cumhuriyeti
- Azerbaijani - Dağıstan Respublikası
- Chechen - Dexasta-çö.
Geography
[eedit | eedit soorce]The republic is situatit in the North Caucasus muntains. It is the soothmaist pairt o Roushie, an is bordered on its eastren side bi the Caspian Sea.
- Area: 50,300 square kilometer (19,400 sq mi)
- Borders:
- internal: Kalmykie (N), Chechenie (W), an Stavropol Krai (NW)
- internaitional: Azerbaijan (S), Georgie (SW)
- watter: Caspian Sea (E)
- Heichest point: Bazardyuzi Muntain (4,466 m)
- Maximum north-sooth distance: 400 kilometer (250 mi)
- Maximum east-wast distance: 200 kilometer (120 mi)
Rivers
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Thare are ower 1,800 rivers in the republic. Major rivers include:
Lakes
[eedit | eedit soorce]Dagestan haes aboot 400 kilometer (250 mi) o coast line on the Caspian Sea.
Muntains
[eedit | eedit soorce]Maist o the Republic is muntainous, wi the Greater Caucasus Muntains coverin the sooth. The heichest pynt is the Bazardyuzi peak at 4,466 m.
Natural resources
[eedit | eedit soorce]Dagestan is rich in Ile, natural gas, coal, an mony ither minerals.
Climate
[eedit | eedit soorce]The climate is het an dry in the simmer but the winters are haurd in the muntain areas.
- Average Januar temperatur: +2 °C (36 °F)
- Average Julie temperatur: +26 °C (79 °F)
- Average annual precipitation: 250 (northren plains) tae 800 mm (in the muntains).
Admeenistrative diveesions
[eedit | eedit soorce]See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Insurgency in the North Caucasus
- Leet o clashes in the North Caucasus
- Former countries in Europe after 1815
- Muusic o Dagestan
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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.).
- ↑ 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. ).
- ↑ 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. ).
- ↑ a b Constitution, Article 8
- ↑ Lenta.ru. Новый президент Дагестана вступил в должность (in Roushie)
- ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (21 Mey 2004). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 1 November 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ a b Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 Aw-Roushie Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 Aw-Roushie Population Census] (in Roushie). Federal State Stateestics Service.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service. Retrieved 23 Januar 2019.
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 Juin 2011. Retrieved 19 Januar 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Offeecial ootthrou the Roushie Federation accordin tae Airticle 68.1 o the Constitution o Roushie.
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Solntsev, pp. XXXIX–XL
- ↑ Dagestan. Encyclopædia Britannica (Online edition)
- ↑ Russia’s Dagestan: Conflict Causes[deid airtin]. International Crisis Group Europe Report N°192. 3 June 2008
- ↑ Zonn, Igor S. et al. The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia. Berlin: Springer, p. 280.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- (in Roushie) Offeecial govrenmental wabsteid o Dagestan Archived 2011-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
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