Dagestan
| Republic o Dagestan | |||
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| Республика Дагестан (Roushie) | |||
| — Republic — | |||
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| Anthem: Naitional Anthem o the Republic o Dagestan | |||
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| Coordinates: 43°06′N 46°53′E / 43.1°N 46.883°E | |||
| Poleetical status | |||
| Kintra | Roushie | ||
| Federal destrict | North Caucasian[1] | ||
| Economic region | North Caucasus[2] | ||
| Established | 10 Januar 1921[3] | ||
| Caipital | Makhachkala | ||
| Govrenment (as of August 2010) | |||
| - Preses[4] | Magomedsalam Magomedov[5] | ||
| - Legislature | Fowkassembly[4] | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Aurie (as of the 2002 Census)[6] | |||
| - Total | 50,300 km2 (19,420.9 sq mi) | ||
| Aurie rank | 52nt | ||
| Population (2010 Census)[7] | |||
| - Total | 2,910,249 | ||
| - Rank | 12t | ||
| - Density | 57.86 /km2 (149.9 /sq mi) | ||
| - Urban | 45.2% | ||
| - Rural | 54.8% | ||
| Population (2002 Census) | |||
| - Total | |||
| - Rank | {{{pop_2002census_rank}}} | ||
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| - Urban | {{{urban_pop_2002census}}} | ||
| - Rural | {{{rural_pop_2002census}}} | ||
| Time zone(s) | [8] | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-DA | ||
| Number plates | 05 | ||
| Offeecial leids | Roushie;[9] Aghul, Avar, Azeri, Chechen, Dargwa, Kumyk, Lak, Lezgian, Nogai, Rutul, Tabasaran, Tat, Tsakhur[10][11] | ||
| http://www.e-dag.ru/ | |||
The Republic o Dagestan (
/dɑːɡɨˈstɑːn/ or /dæɡɨˈstæn/; 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 center 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 either Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian leids. Lairgest among these ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, an Laks.[12] 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 organization Shariat Jamaat is responsible for hintle o the violence.[13] 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.
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Toponymy [edit]
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 auries o Dagestan wur kent as Albanie, Avaria, an Tarkov at various times.[14]
Names for Dagestan [edit]
- 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 [edit]
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.
- Aurie: 50,300 square kilometers (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 kilometers (250 mi)
- Maximum east-wast distance: 200 kilometers (120 mi)
Rivers [edit]
There are ower 1,800 rivers in the republic. Major rivers include:
Lakes [edit]
Dagestan haes aboot 400 kilometers (250 mi) o coast line on the Caspian Sea.
Muntains [edit]
Maist o the Republic is muntainous, wi the Greater Caucasus Muntains coverin the sooth. The heichest point is the Bazardyuzi peak at 4,466 m.
Natural resources [edit]
Dagestan is rich in Ile, natural gas, coal, an mony ither minerals.
Climate [edit]
The climate is hot an dry in the simmer but the winters are hard in the muntain auries.
- 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 [edit]
- Main airticle: Admeenistrative diveesions o Dagestan
See an aw [edit]
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus
- Leet o clashes in the North Caucasus
- Former countries in Europe after 1815
- Muusic o Dagestan
Notes [edit]
- ↑ 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", №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 o the Roushie 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. ).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Constitution, Article 8
- ↑ Lenta.ru. Новый президент Дагестана вступил в должность (Roushie)
- ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number o Destricts, Inhabitit Localities, an Rural Admeenistration bi Federal Subjects o the Roushie Federation) (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved on 1 November 2011. .
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 (Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Retrieved on 29 Juin 2012. .
- ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Постановление №725 от 31 августа 2011 г. «О составе территорий, образующих каждую часовую зону, и порядке исчисления времени в часовых зонах, а также о признании утратившими силу отдельных Постановлений Правительства Российской Федерации». Вступил в силу по истечении 7 дней после дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Российская Газета", №197, 6 сентября 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Resolution #725 of August 31, 2011 On the Composition of the Territories Included into Each Time Zone and on the Procedures of Timekeeping in the Time Zones, as Well as on Abrogation of Several Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation. Effective as of after 7 days following the day of the official publication.).
- ↑ Offeecial the whole territory o Roushie 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. International Crisis Group Europe Report N°192. 3 June 2008
- ↑ Zonn, Igor S. et al. The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia. Berlin: Springer, p. 280.
