Sulak (Dagestan)

Urban-type settlement Sulak Сулак Federal district North Caucasus republic Dagestan Urban district Makhachkala Earlier names Sulakskaja Chisrojewka Glawny Sulak Urban-type settlement since 1949 population 8,565 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 25  m below sea level Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 8722 Post Code 367902 License Plate 05 OKATO 82 401 684 Geographical location Coordinates 43 ° 16 '  N , 47 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 16 '20 "  N , 47 ° 31' 15"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Dagestan

Sulak ( Russian Сула́к ) is an urban-type settlement in the Republic of Dagestan in Russia with 8,565 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The place is a good 30 km as the crow flies north of the center of the republic capital Makhachkala in the Caspian Depression . It is mainly located on the left bank of the Sulak river, which gives it its name , just under 3 km from its mouth in the Caspian Sea . Sulak belongs to the Makhachkala district and is subordinate to the administration of its Kirovsky rajon.

More than half of the population are Nogai , there are also just under 12% Kumyks , around 8% Russians , Laken and Avars and members of other ethnic groups.

history

The place goes back to a Russian fishing base and was named (wataga) Sulakskaja after the river . In the 1930s the settlement was called Chisrojewka (after the Avar revolutionary Magomed-Mirsa Chisrojew, 1882-1922), later as Glawny Sulak (Russian for "main (settlement) Sulak"). In 1949 it was given the status of an urban-type settlement under its current name.

Population development

year	Residents
1959	3974
1970	3669
1979	3399
1989	3626
2002	6352
2010	8565

Note: census data

traffic

The federal highway R215 (part of the European route 119 ) from Astrakhan to Makhachkala crosses the Sulak about three kilometers west of the settlement . The nearest train station is in Makhachkala on the Rostov-on-Don  - Baku route .

Web links

• Official website of the administration of the Kirovsky rajon of Makhachkala (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)