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 January 2013) | |||
• Head | Ramazan Abdulatipov | ||
• 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+03:00) | ||
ISO 3166-2 | RU-DA | ||
License plates | 05 | ||
Official languages | Russian; Aghul, Avar, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Dargwa, Kumyk, Arabic, Lezgian, Lak, Nogai, Rutul, Tabasaran, Tat, Tsakhur | ||
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The Republic of Dagestan (/dɑːɡᵻˈstɑːn/ or /ˈdæɡᵻstæn/; Russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respublika Dagestan), also spelled Daghestan, is a federal subject (a republic) of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region. Its capital and largest city is Makhachkala, located at the center of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea.
With a population of 2,910,249, Dagestan is very ethnically diverse and Russia's most heterogeneous republic, with none of its several dozen ethnicities and subgroups forming a majority. Largest among these ethnicities are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgian, Laks, Azerbaijani, Tabasaran and Chechen. Ethnic Russians comprise about 3.6% of Dagestan's total population. Russian is the primary official language and the lingua franca among the ethnicities.