Nowokayakent

Village Novokajakent Новокаякент ( Russian ) Янгыкъаягент ( Kumyk ) Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Rajon Kayak skis Earlier names Kayaker population 5130 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 5  m below sea level Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87248 Post Code 368560 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 224 835 001 Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 23 '  N , 47 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 23 '15 "  N , 47 ° 59' 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

Nowokajakent ( Russian Новокаяке́нт , Kumyk ischнгыкъаягент ) is a village (selo) in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia with 5130 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is about 75 km as the crow flies south-southeast of the republic capital Makhachkala at the foot of the Greater Caucasus , on the left bank of the Gamriosen River , about 2 km from its confluence with the Caspian Sea .

Nowokajakent is the administrative center of Kajakentski Rajons and the seat of the rural community (selskoje posselenije) Novokajakentski selsowet, which also includes the village of Intschche, 10 km north-northwest. A good half of the population of the place are Kumyken , about a third Darginer .

history

The place arose around the railway station Kajagent (according to the spelling of today's village Kajakent ), which was built there on the Rostov-on-Don  - Makhachkala - Baku railway line , which opened in 1900 . On January 3, 1935 he came to the newly formed Kajakentski rajon based in Kajakent 7 km to the west. In 1957 the administrative headquarters were relocated to the town of Isberbasch , a good 20 km north . After an interim dissolution of the Rajons on February 1, 1963, it was re-formed on January 12, 1965, now based in the settlement at the train station, which was renamed Nowokajakent ("New Kajakent").

Population development

year	Residents
1970	3132
1979	3364
1989	4998
2002	5596
2010	5130

Note: census data

traffic

In Nowokajakent, the Kajagent train station is at kilometer 2366 (from Moscow ) on the Rostov-on-Don - Baku line, which was opened on this section in 1900 and electrified since 1978 . The federal trunk road R217 Kawkas (formerly M29, also part of the European route 119 ) runs about 3 km west of the village , which runs along the north and east of the Caucasus and the coast of the Caspian Sea to the Azerbaijani border.

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)