Gergebil

Village Gergebil Гергебиль ( Russian ) Хьаргаби ( Avar ) Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Rajon Gergebilski population 5195 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 720  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87255 Post Code 368250 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 213 000 001 Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 30 '  N , 47 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 30 '15 "  N , 47 ° 4' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

Gergebil ( Russian Герге́биль , Avar Хьаргаби ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia with 5195 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 60 km as the crow flies southwest of the republic capital Makhachkala in the north-eastern part of the Greater Caucasus . It is located at the mouth of the Kasikumuchskoje Koisu in the Karakoisu , a right tributary of the Avarskoje Koisu . In the narrow gorge of the Karakoisu about 5 km southwest (upstream) of Gergebil, the first dam in Dagestan with hydroelectric power station was built between 1930 and 1940 (reconstructed 1956–1960 and 1989–1993).

Gergebil is the administrative center of the Rajons Gergebilski and seat and only town in the rural community (selskoje posselenije) Selo Gergebil . The village is almost exclusively inhabited by Avars .

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  View of Gergebil

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  Dam of the Gergebiler reservoir with hydroelectric power station

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  Gergebiler reservoir

history

The place originated in the Middle Ages, probably no later than the 13th century. During the Caucasus War , the Russian army under General Johann (Karl) Fäsi established a military post there. On August 30, 1944, Gergebil became the administrative seat of a newly created Rajons named after him.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1428
1959	2600
1970	3217
1979	3366
1989	3755
2002	4770
2010	5195

Note: census data

traffic

Gergebil is located on the regional road 82K-009, which begins 10 km northwest at the Arakani Bridge (Arakanski most) at the confluence of the Karakoisu in the Avarskoje Koisu and continues to the southeastern district centers of Kumuch , Watschi , Tpig , Chiw and Kassumkent . Up the Karakoisu there is a connection via the regional road 82K-035 to the 82K-005 which runs 10 km away from Makhachkala via Buinaksk and Levaschi on to Gunib . The nearest train stations are in Buinaksk, 40 km to the north as the crow flies, the end point of a branch line from Shamchal near Makhachkala, and 70 km east in Isberbasch , accessible via Levashi - Sergokala , on the Rostov-on-Don  - Makhachkala - Baku route .

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)