// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Kasumkent say to its neighbor? "You kent handle the truth.
Kasumkent
Касумкент | |
|---|---|
 House of the Administration of Kasumkent | |
.jpg) Flag .jpg) Coat of arms | |
 Interactive map of Kasumkent | |
  Kasumkent Location of Kasumkent  Kasumkent Kasumkent (Republic of Dagestan) | |
| Coordinates: 41°40′N 48°08′E / 41.667°N 48.133°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Dagestan |
| Government | |
| • Head | Nezhvelidov Gamid-Efendi Pashaevich |
| Elevation | 494 m (1,621 ft) |
| Population | |
| 12,000 ) | |
| • Capital of | Suleyman-Stalskiy District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [2]) |
| Postal codes[3] | 368760, 368761 |
| Dialing code | +7 87236 |
| OKTMO ID | 82647445101 |
| Website | kasumkent |
Kasumkent (Russian: Касумкѐнт; Lezgian: Кьасумхуьр) is a village and the administrative center of Suleyman-Stalsky District of Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located 187 kilometers south of the capital of the Republic, Makhachkala. It is the biggest inhabited locality in Suleyman-Stalsky District and had a population of 12,000 in 2002.
Locality
[edit]The village is located in south part of Dagestan, to the north from strategic Samur river, between the rivers Chiragchay and Kurah. Kasumkent is located 183 kilometers to the south of Makhachkala, and 38 kilometers from Derbent.
History
[edit]The village was founded by a mountaineer named Kasum. Centuries ago, he built a house for himself among high trees on the Chiragchay river. Later people from nearest lands started to move on that territory. According to the census of 1886, there were 116 houses in the village with a population of 623 consisting of 316 men and 307 women. Before the October Revolution there were two mosques in the village, as well as a two-year school. During the Russian Empire, the settlement was the administrative capital of the Kyurinsky Okrug. Today it is one of the biggest district centres of the Republic.
References
[edit]- ↑ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
 | This Suleyman-Stalsky District location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |