Shamilkala

Urban-type settlement Shamilkala Шамилькала ( Russian ) Шамилхъала ( Avar ) Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Rajon Unzukulski Earlier names Svetogorsk (until 1991) Urban-type settlement since 1985 population 4886 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 580  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 87257 Post Code 368948 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 253 555 Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 41 ′  N , 46 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 41 ′ 15 "  N , 46 ° 52 ′ 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

Shamilkala ( Russian Шамилькала́ , Avar Шамилхъала ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia with 4886 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

View of Shamilkala with the Irganai reservoir in the background

The place is about 60 km as the crow flies southwest of the republic capital Makhachkala in the eastern part of the Greater Caucasus . It is located on the right bank of the Irganai Reservoir of the Avarskoye Koisu River . The dam is just under 3 km northwest of Shamilkala, the associated hydropower plant 7 km north not far from the village of Gimry (the water is supplied from the reservoir via a tunnel).

Shamilkala belongs to the Unzukulski rajon and is located about 7 km southeast of its administrative center Unzukul . Since January 2015 the authorities of the Rajon have their headquarters in Shamilkala, but the official Rajon center is still Unzukul. Shamilkala is the seat and only locality of the municipality (gorodskoje posselenije) Possjolok Shamilkala. The place is almost exclusively inhabited by Avars .

history

The place was founded in the 1980s as a housing estate for the builders of the Irganai Dam under the name Svetogorsk . In 1985 it received urban-type settlement status. In 1991 the name was changed to Shamilkala ("Shamil City") after Imam Shamil . After the hydropower plant was largely completed in the 2000s (the installation of further turbines is planned depending on economic considerations), the population of the settlement fell significantly.

Population development

year	Residents
1989	3066
2002	7064
2010	4886

Note: census data

traffic

Schamilkala is on the regional road 82K-023, which runs in the valley of the Avarskoje Koisu above the Irganai reservoir (near Arakani , there connection to the 82K-008 in the direction of Chunsach  - Botlich and a little further to the 82K-009 in the direction of Gergebil  - Kassumkent ) first to below the dam and then across the Unzukul district center into the valley of Andijskoje Koisu . In a north-easterly direction there is a connection to the 82K-038 at Gimry, which since the opening of the 4.3 kilometer long Gimrinski tunnel for regular operation in 2012 has been a new direct connection to the city of Buinaksk , 25 kilometers north-east , from there towards Makhachkala. Buinaksk is also where the nearest train station is located, the end of a branch line from Shamchal near Makhachkala.

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)
2. ↑ Report on the Rajon administration website