Dzhalykovo
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Dzhalykovo (russian: Джалыково) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Dhalykovskoye rural municipality,
Lagansky District Lagansky District (russian: Лага́нский райо́н; xal-RU, Лаганя район, ''Laganya rayon'') is an administrativeDecree #137 and municipalLaw #308-IV-Z district (raion), one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russi ...
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Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. The population was 1,084 as of 2010.
Kalmyks The Kalmyks ( Kalmyk: Хальмгуд, ''Xaľmgud'', Mongolian: Халимагууд, ''Halimaguud''; russian: Калмыки, translit=Kalmyki, archaically anglicised as ''Calmucks'') are a Mongolic ethnic group living mainly in Russia, w ...
make up a majority of the population, with
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being the most significant minority.


Sights

Dzhalykovo is home to ''Galsang Xurl'', the oldest
Buddhist temple A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya, stupa, wat and pagoda in different regions and languages. Temples in Buddhism represen ...
in Kalmykia.


References

Rural localities in Lagansky District {{Kalmykia-geo-stub