Tarki or Targhu ( Russian Тарки , Tarki, Kumyk Таргъу, Targhu) is an urban-type settlement within the district of Makhachkala with 15,356 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). Tarki was the seat of the pubic bowl of Dagestan from 1640 to 1867 .
↑ 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)