Levashi (Dagestan)

Village Lewaschi Леваши ( Russian ) Лаваша ( Dargin ) Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Rajon Levaschinsky population 10,011 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 1250  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87252 Post Code 368320 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 234 000 001 Website mo-levashi.ru Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 26 ′  N , 47 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 25 ′ 30 ″  N , 47 ° 19 ′ 30 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

List of large settlements in Russia

Lewaschi ( Russian Леваши , Dargin Лаваша ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia with 10,011 inhabitants (14 October 2010).

geography

The place is about 60 km as the crow flies south-southwest of the republic capital Makhachkala in the mountains of the Greater Caucasus , which rise in the area with the summit of the Kulimeer ( Кулимеэр ) to 2263  m . The village is located on a plateau above the deeply cut valley of the Chalagork, which flows over Gubdenosen and Manasosen to the Caspian Sea .

Levaschi is the administrative center of Levaschinski Rajons and the seat and only locality of the rural community (selskoje posselenije) Selo Levaschi. Over 95% of the population are Dargins .

history

The village in the center of the Dargin settlement area, known since the end of the 17th century, became the administrative seat of the Dargin Okrug (Darginski okrug) after the territory was annexed to the Russian Empire in the course of the Caucasus War in 1854 , which initially became the short-lived Derbent governorate , and then from 1860 an oblast Dagestan and from 1921 belonged to the Dagestani ASSR .

On November 22, 1928, the Okrug was converted into a canton named after the village, and on June 3, 1929 into a Rajon, which still exists today.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1,343
1939	2,396
1959	3,091
1970	4,280
1979	4,819
1989	6,071
2002	7,302
2010	10,011

Note: census data

traffic

Lewaschi lies at the intersection of several regional roads, some of which have been newly built or routed in recent years. From the north, these are 82K-005, which leads from Makhachkala via Buinaksk (where the nearest train station is) to Gunib in the south-west (from Levaschi formerly part of the R275), from the east 82K-012 from Sergokala (formerly Part of the R275) and from the southeast the 82K-013 from Mamedkala via the Rajon centers of Majalis , Urkarach and Akuscha .

Sons and daughters of the place

• Magomedali Magomedow (* 1930), politician
• Magomedsalam Magomedow (born 1964), politician

Web links

• Local government website (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)