Majalis

Village Madschalis Маджалис Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Rajon Kaitagski Founded 1581 population 6815 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 410  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87238 Post Code 368590 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 223 860 001 Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 7 '  N , 47 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 7 '15 "  N , 47 ° 50' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

Madschalis ( Russian Маджалис ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia with 6815 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 100 km as the crow flies south-southeast of the republic capital Makhachkala in the eastern part of the Greater Caucasus . It is located on the left bank of the Ullutschai river, a little above its exit from a narrow gorge into the wide lower part of its valley.

Majalis is the administrative center of the Kaitagski Rajon and the seat of the rural community (selskoje posselenije) Madschalisski selsowet, which also includes the villages of Chungija (4 km southwest) and Rodnikowy (10 km east-northeast). The place is mostly inhabited by Darginers .

history

From its foundation in the 16th century to 1928

The place was founded in 1581 by Usmi Sultan Akhmed as the capital of his local Kaitak principality (Kaitaken, also Kaitager, are a subgroup of the Dargins ). After connecting the region to the Russian Empire and the creation of Oblast Dagestan he was in 1860 the administrative seat of the Kaitakisch- tabassaranischem Okrug (Kaitago-Tabassaranski okrug). As part of the administrative reorganization of the 1921 Dagestani ASSR , Majalis became the administrative seat of the newly formed Kaitagski rajon on November 22, 1928.

Population development

year	Residents
1897	1406
1939	1761
1959	2464
1970	3704
1979	4619
1989	5211
2002	5766
2010	6815

Note: census data

traffic

The regional road 82K-013 runs through Majalis and branches off the federal trunk road R217 Kawkas (part of the European route 119 ) a good 20 km east of the Mamedkala settlement and continues into the mountains to the Rajon centers of Urkarach , Akuscha and Lewaschi . Mamedkala is also the nearest train station 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)