Akusha

Village Akusha Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Rajon Akuschinski population 4697 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 1350  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87260 Post Code 368280 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 203 804 001 Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 17 '  N , 47 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 16 '30 "  N , 47 ° 20' 30"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

Akuscha ( Russian Акуша́ , Dargin Ахъуша ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia with 4697 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 80 km as the crow flies south-southwest of the republic capital Makhachkala in the eastern part of the Greater Caucasus on the Akuscha river in the Sulak river system .

Akuscha is the administrative center of the Akuschinski rajon as well as the seat of the rural community (selskoje posselenije) Akuschinski selsowet, which also includes the nearby eleven villages of Ainikabmachi, Bergeinsi, Insimachi, Gandaramachi, Gumramachi, Karscha, Kertukmachi, Chergubamachi and Tschankchalamachi. The place is almost exclusively inhabited by Darginers .

history

The place was already mentioned in medieval chronicles and developed into a locally important Aul by the 17th century at the latest . The Dargin language later developed from the Dargin dialect spoken around Akuscha . During the Caucasus War , the area was annexed to the Russian Empire after Akusha was captured on December 21, 1819 by troops under General Alexei Yermolov .

In the second half of the 19th century it was the seat of one of the five administrative sections of the Dargin Okrug ( Darginski okrug, based in Levaschi ) of the Dagestan Oblast, created in 1860 . Akuscha has been the administrative seat of a Rajon named after him since September 1, 1934.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	2180
1939	3163
1959	3129
1970	4099
1979	3713
1989	3675
2002	4493
2010	4697

Note: census data

traffic

The regional road 82K-013 runs through Akuscha, which branches off the federal trunk road R217 Kawkas (part of the European route 119 ) almost 70 km east-south-east as the crow flies (by road about 120 km) at the settlement Mamedkala and continues to Levaschi via the Rajon centers Madschalis and Urkarach leads. From Levaschi there is a connection to the R217 south of Isberbasch via Sergokala , and to the north by 82K-005 via Buinaksk to Makhachkala. The closest train stations on the Rostov-on-Don  - Makhachkala - Baku route are also in Mamedkala and Isberbash .

The 82K-30 runs from Akuscha to the west (downstream) to the 82K-009 at Zudachar , 17 km away , which connects the district centers of Gergebil , Kumuch , Watschi , Tpig , Chiw and Kassumkent .

Web links

• Official website of the district administration (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)