Nowy Sulak

Urban-type settlement Nowy Sulak Новый Сулак Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Urban district Kisiljurt Founded 1958 Earlier names Sulak (until 1992) Urban-type settlement since 1992 population 3423 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 50  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87234 Post Code 368107 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 425 557 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 13 ′  N , 46 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′ 45 "  N , 46 ° 49 ′ 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

Nowy Sulak ( Russian Но́вый Сула́к ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia with 3423 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 60 km as the crow flies northwest of the republic capital Makhachkala on the edge of the Greater Caucasus . It is located on the left of the Sulak river , from which the Jusbasch irrigation canal branches off in a north-westerly direction into the area between Sulak, Aksai and Aktasch .

Nowy Sulak belongs to the district of Kisiljurt and is located about 4 km west of the center of the city of Kisiljurt. About half of the settlement is inhabited by Avars and a good third by Kumyks .

history

The place was created in 1958 at the Sulak train station as a workers' settlement for the Dagelektroawtomat electrotechnical plant . At first it was also called Sulak, as the train station was named after the river. In 1963 the settlement was placed under the administration of the newly formed town of Kisiljurt. In 1992 the place received the status of an urban-type settlement under the name Nowy Sulak ("New Sulak", also to distinguish it from the settlement Sulak at the mouth of the river in the Caspian Sea ).

Population development

year	Residents
2002	5094
2010	3423

Note: census data

traffic

About 3 km south of Nowy Sulak, beyond the immediately adjacent village of Subutli-Miatli , runs the federal highway R217 Kawkas (on the section to Makhachkala also part of European route 50 ).

The Sulak railway station is located in the settlement at kilometer 2225 (from Moscow ) of the Rostov-on-Don  - Makhachkala - Baku line, which opened on this section in 1894 and has been electrified since 1977 . West the station branches one opened on 11 September 1997 route via Babajurt of Kizlyar from, which was built from 1995 to the account of the first Chechen war between Kizlyar and Gudermes broken connection Astrakhan  - Makhachkala bypassing Chechnya restore.

Web links

• Official website of the Kiziljurt City 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)