Tsakhur (russian: Цахур;
Tsakhur: ЦIaIх) is a
rural locality
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(a
selo) and the administrative centre of Tsakhurskoye Rural Settlement,
Rutulsky District,
Republic of Dagestan
Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...
,
Russia
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. The population was 476 as of 2010. There are 4 streets.
Geography
Tsakhur is located in the valley of the Samur river, 35 km northwest of
Rutul (the district's administrative centre) by road. Muslakh and Gelmets are the nearest rural localities.
Расстояние от Цахура до Рутула 35 км
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Nationalities
Tsakhurs live there.
Famous residents
* Abdulla Mukhtarov (Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, associate Professor, Professor of the Physics Department of the Azerbaijan State University)
* Selim Dzhafarov (Caucasian scientist, linguist and Turkologist, professor at Baku State University)
References
Rural localities in Rutulsky District
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