Kasumkent (russian: Касумкѐнт; ) is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

and the administrative center of

Suleyman-Stalsky District Suleyman-Stalsky District (russian: Сулейма́н-Ста́льский райо́н; lez, СтӀал Сулейманан район) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of ...

Republic of Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia sit ...

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. It is located 187 kilometers south of the capital of the Republic,

Makhachkala Makhachkala ( rus, Махачкала, , məxətɕkɐˈla, links=yes),; av, Махӏачхъала, Maħaçqala; ce, ХӀинжа-ГӀала, Hinƶa-Ġala; az, Маһачгала, Mahaçqala; nog, Махачкала; lbe, Махачкъала; ...

. It is the biggest inhabited locality in Suleyman-Stalsky District and had a population of 12,000 in 2002. Panorama of Kasumkent

Locality

The village is located in south part of Dagestan, to the north from strategic river - Samur, between the rivers Chiragchay and Kurah. Kasumkent is located 183 kilometers to the south from republic administrative centre Makhachkala, and 38 kilometers from Derbent.

History

The village was founded by a mountaineer named Kasum. Some hundred of years ago he built a house for himself on the coast of the Chiragchay river among high trees. Later people from nearest lands started to move on that territory. According to the census of 1886, there were 116 houses in the village with a population of 623 consisting of 316 men and 307 women. Before the

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there were two mosques in the village, as well as a two-year school. During the

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, the settlement was the administrative capital of the Kyurinsky Okrug. Today it is one of the biggest district centres of the Republic.

References

{{Authority control Rural localities in Suleyman-Stalsky District