Respublika Dagestan
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Republic of Dagestan Республика Дагестан (Russian) |
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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, 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.
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