Dagestan

The Republic o Dagestan ( or ; , 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 centre o Dagestan on the Caspian Sea. Population: 2,910,249 (2010 Census).

Dagestan is ethnically vera diverse, wi several dozen ethnic groups an subgroups inhabitin the republic, maist o which speak aither Caucasian, Turkic, or Iranian leids. Lairgest amang thir ethnic groups are the Avar, Dargin, Kumyk, Lezgin, an Laks.Dagestan. Encyclopædia Britannica (Online edition) 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 organisation Shariat Jamaat is responsible for hintle o the violence.Russia’s Dagestan: Conflict Causes. International Crisis Group Europe Report N°192. 3 June 2008 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.

 Toponymy 
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 areas o Dagestan wur kent as Albanie, Avaria, an Tarkov at various times.Zonn, Igor S. et al. The Caspian Sea Encyclopedia.  Berlin: Springer, p. 280.

 Names for Dagestan 
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 
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.
Area: 
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: 
Maximum east-wast distance: 

 Rivers 

Thare are ower 1,800 rivers in the republic.  Major rivers include:
Sulak River
Samur River
Terek River
Rubas River
Avar Koisu

 Lakes 
Dagestan haes aboot  o coast line on the Caspian Sea.

 Muntains 
Maist o the Republic is muntainous, wi the Greater Caucasus Muntains coverin the sooth.  The heichest pynt is the Bazardyuzi peak at 4,466 m.

 Natural resources 
Dagestan is rich in Ile, natural gas, coal, an mony ither minerals.

 Climate 
The climate is het an dry in the simmer but the winters are haurd in the muntain areas.

Average Januar temperatur: 
Average Julie temperatur: 
Average annual precipitation: 250 (northren plains) tae 800 mm (in the muntains).

 Admeenistrative diveesions 

 See an aw 
Insurgency in the North Caucasus
Leet o clashes in the North Caucasus
Former countries in Europe after 1815
Muusic o Dagestan

 Notes 

 Freemit airtins 
 Offeecial govrenmental wabsteid o Dagestan 


Category:States an territories established in 1921