Dagestan
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Dagestan is a mountainous republic in the North Caucasus region of Russia, known for its ethnic diversity, complex history, and strategic location along the Caspian Sea.
Aliases (5)
- Dagestan Oblast ×4
- Dagestan region ×1
- Russia (Dagestan) ×1
- Shirvan ×1
- Southern Dagestan ×1
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constituent entity of the Russian Federation
→
federal subject of Russia → republic of Russia → |
| area | approximately 50300 square kilometers → |
| borders |
Azerbaijan
→
Caspian Sea → Chechnya → Georgia → Republic of Kalmykia →
surface form: "Kalmykia"
Stavropol Krai → |
| capital | Makhachkala → |
| climate | varies from coastal semi-arid to mountain climate → |
| country | Russia → |
| currency | Russian ruble → |
| currentStatusSince | 1991 → |
| dominantReligion | Sunni Islam → |
| ethnicallyDiverse | true → |
| governmentType | republic within a federal semi-presidential constitutional republic → |
| hasEthnicGroup |
Avars
→
Dargin →
surface form: "Dargins"
Kumyk →
surface form: "Kumyks"
Laks → Lezgins → Nogais → Russians → Tabasarans → |
| hasMajorCity |
Buynaksk
→
Derbent → Kaspiysk → Khasavyurt → |
| hasMinorityReligion |
Russian Orthodox Church
→
surface form: "Russian Orthodoxy"
Shia Islam → |
| hasRecognizedLanguages |
Avar
→
Dargin → Kumyk → Laks → Lezgian → Nogai Horde →
surface form: "Nogai"
Tabasaran → |
| headOfRepublicTitle | Head of the Republic of Dagestan → |
| historicalRegion | Caucasus → |
| isoCode | RU-DA → |
| joinedRussianEmpire | 19th century → |
| knownFor |
ethnic and linguistic diversity
→
mountainous terrain → wrestling and combat sports traditions → |
| largestCity | Makhachkala → |
| legislature | People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan → |
| locatedIn |
Caucasus
→
North Caucasus → |
| locatedOn | western shore of the Caspian Sea → |
| nativeName |
Russian Federation (Dagestan)
→
surface form: "Дагъистан Республика"
Russian Federation (Dagestan) →
surface form: "Республика Дагестан"
|
| officialLanguage | Russian → |
| officialName |
Russian Federation (Dagestan)
→
surface form: "Republic of Dagestan"
|
| partOf |
North Caucasian Federal District
→
surface form: "North Caucasian economic region"
Southern Federal District of Russia → |
| population | over 3 million inhabitants → |
| sovietStatus | part of the Dagestan ASSR within the Russian SFSR → |
| strategicLocation | along key routes between Russia, the South Caucasus, and the Caspian Sea → |
| timeZone | Moscow Time → |
| utcOffset | +3 → |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Dagestan Oblast"
this entity surface form: "Dagestan Oblast"
this entity surface form: "Shirvan"
this entity surface form: "Dagestan Oblast"
this entity surface form: "Dagestan region"
this entity surface form: "Dagestan Oblast"
this entity surface form: "Russia (Dagestan)"