Kizilyurt (russian: Кизилю́рт; av, Гъизилюрт; kum, Къызыл-юрт, ''Qızıl-yurt'') is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the

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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, about northwest of

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

. Population: . It is located where the north-flowing

Sulak River The Sulak (russian: Сула́к, kum, Сулак (Sulak)/Къой-сув (Qoysuw), ce, ĠoysuLepiev A.S., Lepiev İ.A., Türkçe-Çeçençe sözlük, Turkoyŋ-noxçiyŋ doşam, Ankara, 2003) drains most of the mountainous interior of Dagesta ...

leaves the mountains and enters the Terek-Sulak Lowland.

Etymology

The name ' is of Kumyk origin. It consists of the Turkic words of ' (red) and ' (village).

History

It was founded in 1963 by merging the work settlements of Kizilyurt, Bavtugay (), and Sulak ().

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kizilyurt serves as the

administrative center An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...

Kizilyurtovsky District Kizilyurtovsky District (russian: Кизилю́ртовский райо́н; av, Гъизилюрт мухъ; kum, Къызылюрт якъ, ''Qızılyurt yaq'') is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the fo ...

, even though it is not a part of it.Law #16 As an administrative division, it is, together with two settlements of urban type (

Bavtugay Bavtugay (russian: Бавтугай) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Kizilyurt in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 4,765. Hist ...

and

Novy Sulak Novy Sulak (russian: Новый Сулак) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) under the administrative jurisdiction of the City of federal subject significance, Town of Kizilyurt in the Repu ...

) and one rural locality (the '' selo'' of Stary Bavtugay), incorporated separately as the

Town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

of Kizilyurt—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

. As a municipal division, the Town of Kizilyurt is incorporated as Kizilyurt Urban Okrug.Law #6

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the city administrative area (2002 census): * Avars (70.3%) *

Kumyks , image = Abdul-Wahab son of Mustafa — a prominent Kumyk architect of the 19th century. , population = near 600,000 , region1 = , pop1 = 503,060 , ref1 = , region2 = , pop2 ...

(12.7%) * Laks (5.4%) *

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

(4.2%) *

Dargins Dargins or Dargwa (, ''darganti'') are a Northeast Caucasian native ethnic group originating in the North Caucasus, and who make up the second largest ethnic group in the North Caucasian republic of Dagestan. They speak the Dargwa language. The ...

(2.3%) *

Lezgins Lezgins or Leks ( lez, Лезгияр, Лекьер. lezgijar) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northeastern Azerbaijan. The Lezgin are predominantly Sunni Muslims and s ...

(2.3%) *

Chechens The Chechens (; ce, Нохчий, , Old Chechen: Нахчой, ''Naxçoy''), historically also known as ''Kisti'' and ''Durdzuks'', are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group of the Nakh peoples native to the North Caucasus in Eastern Europe. "Europ ...

(1.0%) Ethnic groups in the city itself (2002 census): *Avars (69.0%) *Kumyks (12.3%) *Laks (5.9%) *Russians (4.4%) *Lezgins (2.8%) *Dargins (2.3%) *Chechens (1.0%)

Climate

Kizilyurt has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

: ''Dfa'').

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External links

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