Semender

Urban-type settlement Semender Семендер Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Urban district Makhachkala Urban-type settlement since 1999 population 13,677 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 10  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8722 Post Code 367014 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 401 683 Geographical location Coordinates 42 ° 59 ′  N , 47 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 59 ′ 15 "  N , 47 ° 24 ′ 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

List of large settlements in Russia

Semender ( Russian Семенде́р ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Dagestan ( Russia ) with 13,677 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

Semender is 6 km from the shores of the Caspian Sea and about 8 km to the west from the center of Makhachkala city. To the southeast of the settlement, the Tarki-Tau mountain range rises steeply with its highest point, Mys Sarijar, at 720  m above sea level.

The settlement is part of the urban district of Dagestan capital Makhachkala and the management of the Rajons Kirowski, one of the three administrative districts of the city, assumed.

history

Semender emerged from the late 1980s as a residential suburb of the rapidly growing Makhachkala and was given the status of an urban-type settlement in 1999.

The name is derived from that of the medieval city of Samandar (also Semender). This was the capital of the Khazar Empire in the 6th to 8th centuries , before it was moved to the northern part of Itil . The name, in turn, is possibly derived from that of the Sabender tribal group that settles in the area and is close to the Avars . The exact location of the old Samandar is unknown, but a possible place is Tarki, not far from today's Semender, on the east side of the Tarki-Tau, where old settlement remains were found.

Population development

year	Residents
2002	7,558
2010	13,677

Note: census data

Infrastructure

The trunk road R217 (formerly M29, to Makhachkala also part of European route 50 ) runs along the northern edge of the Caucasus and the coast of the Caspian Sea towards Azerbaijan , as well as its western feeder into the center of Makhachkala. There is a city bus and “ Marschrutka ” connection with Makhachkala .

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)