Dubki (Dagestan)

Urban-type settlement Dubki Дубки Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Rajon Kazbekovsky Founded 1972 Urban-type settlement since 1974 population 5202 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 860  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87279 Post Code 368152 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 222 555 Website mo-dubki.ru Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 1 '  N , 46 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 1 '15 "  N , 46 ° 50' 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

Dubki ( Russian Дубки́ ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia with 5202 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

View of the Tschirkei dam from the direction of Dubki

The place is a good 50 km as the crow flies west of the republic capital Makhachkala in the eastern part of the Greater Caucasus . It is located on the right (eastern) edge of the canyon of the Sulak river , which is almost 700 meters deep there , almost 6 km north of the Tschirkei dam .

Dubki belongs to the Kazbekovsky Rajon and is located about 15 km east-southeast of its administrative center Dylym . It is the seat and only locality of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Dubki. Over three quarters of the town's inhabitants are Avars .

history

The place emerged from 1972 as a second housing estate for the builders of the Tschirkei dam, after the imminent flooding of the Druzhba settlement, initially built provisionally above the dam, became apparent . In 1974 Dubki received urban-type settlement status.

Population development

year	Residents
1979	7179
1989	6524
2002	5208
2010	5202

Note: census data

traffic

Dubki is located on the regional road 82K-034, which connects to the 82K-004 Buinaksk  - Kisiljurt a good 10 km north and 15 km south-east near the village of Tschirkei . The federal trunk road R217 Kawkas runs near the town of Kisiljurt, located a good 20 km north on the mountain edge ; there is also the nearest train station on the Rostov-on-Don  - Makhachkala - Baku line .

Web links

• Official website of the municipal 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)