Leninkent (Makhachkala)

Urban-type settlement Leninkent Ленинкент Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Urban district Makhachkala Urban-type settlement since 1965 population 15,532 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 130  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8722 Post Code 367901 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 401 682 Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 58 '  N , 47 ° 21'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 58 '0 "  N , 47 ° 21' 10"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

List of large settlements in Russia

Leninkent ( Russian Ленинкент ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Dagestan ( Russia ) with 15,532 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Leninkent is located about 13 km west of the center of the Dagestani capital Makhachkala on the edge of the gradually rising coastal plain of the Caspian Sea . Immediately southwest of the settlement, the first mountain range of the Great Caucasus rises steeply to a good 700  m above sea level.

The settlement is part of the urban district of Makhachkala and the management of the Rajons Kirowski, one of the three administrative districts of the city, assumed.

history

Leninkent came into being in the 1930s as a place of residence for resettlers from the mountainous regions of Dagestan, mainly Kumyken and Avars . The settlement was named after the revolutionary leader Lenin . The place developed slowly until the 1950s. As a suburb of the expanding Makhachkala, it received the status of an urban-type settlement in 1965.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	2,895
1979	3,585
1989	5,642
2002	12,995
2010	15,532

Note: census data

Infrastructure

Two kilometers northeast of Leninkent leads the trunk road R217 (formerly M29, to Makhachkala also part of European route 50 ), which runs along the northern edge of the Caucasus and the coast of the Caspian Sea towards Azerbaijan . Not far from the settlement branches off the regional road 82K-005 (formerly R275) to Buinaksk and further to the central mountain regions of the republic ( Levaschi , Gunib ). There is a “ marshrutka ” connection with Makhachkala .

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)