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Mountain Republic of Dagestan

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Mountain Republic of Dagestan
Горная Республика Кавказ (Russian)
Jmhwra Kewhstana Gfqaz (Persian)
Flag of
Flag
Coat of arms of
Coat of arms
Capital
and largest city
Dzäud-Jiqäu
Official languagesAvar, Agul, Darginsky, Kumyk, Lak, Lezginsky, Rutulsky, Tabasaran
Recognised regional languagesAvar, Circassian, Azerbaijani, Russian, Kumyk, Darginsky, Lezginsky, Ossetian, Lak, Tabasaran, Nogai, other official languages and their dialects
Ethnic groups
Avars, Ando-Caesian peoples and Archins, Dargins, Kaytags, Kubachins, Lezgins, Lakans, Tabasarans, Aguls, Rutulians, Tsakhurs, Kumyks, Nogais, Azerbaijanis, Russians, mixed
GovernmentUnitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic
• Шамхал
Абдулвагаб Османов
LegislatureNational Assembly
Population
• 2018 estimate
7,034,331
• 2020 census
7,134,331
• Density
270,342/km2 (700,182.6/sq mi)
CurrencyCaucasian tuman

The Mountain Republic of Dagestan, commonly referred to as Mountain Dagestan or simply Dagestan, was one of the six constituent federal states forming the Mountainous Republic of the Caucasuss. It was a successor of the Dagestan ASSR, existing between 1945 and 1992, under a number of different formal names,

Dagestan is arguably the most ethnically diverse republics within the Mountain Republic, as it has n

Avaria Nogaistan Kumykistan Lezgiastan