Republic of Dagestan Республика Дагестан (Russian) | |||
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Political status | |||
Country | Russia | ||
Federal district | North Caucasian | ||
Economic region | North Caucasus | ||
Established | January 20, 1921 | ||
Capital | Makhachkala | ||
Government (as of October 2017) | |||
• Head | Sergey Melikov (acting) | ||
• Legislature | People's Assembly | ||
Statistics | |||
Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
• Total | 50,300 km2 (19,400 sq mi) | ||
Area rank | 52nd | ||
Population (2010 Census) | |||
• Total | 2,910,249 | ||
• Rank | 12th | ||
• Density | 57.86/km2 (149.9/sq mi) | ||
• Urban | 45.2% | ||
• Rural | 54.8% | ||
Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+04:00) | ||
ISO 3166-2 | RU-DA | ||
License plates | 05 | ||
Official languages | Russian; Aghul, Avar, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Dargwa, Kumyk, Lezgian, Lak, Nogai, Rutul, Tabasaran, Tat, Tsakhur | ||
Official website |
Dagestan is a federal subject of the Russian Federation in the Caucasus region. The name comes from two combined Turkic and Persian words, dag which means mountain in the Turkic languages, and stan which means land in the Persian language. Therefore, the literal translation of Dagestan is Land of the Mountains. Dagestan has a population of nearly 3 million, and its people are known as Dagestani. Its capital city is Makhachkala.
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