Dagestan
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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]
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 | |
| 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/ |
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.
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]
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.
Thare are ower 1,800 rivers in the republic. Major rivers include:
Dagestan haes aboot 400 kilometer (250 mi) o coast line on the Caspian Sea.
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.
Dagestan is rich in Ile, natural gas, coal, an mony ither minerals.
The climate is het an dry in the simmer but the winters are haurd in the muntain areas.
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