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 languagesChechen, Ossetian, Persian
Recognised regional languagesAvar, Circassian, Azerbaijani, Russian
GovernmentUnitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic
• President
Ramzan Kadyrov
• Vice President
Khas-Magomed Inarkaevich
• Prime Minister
Olesya Naifonova
• Speaker of the Nation Assembly
Bale Naurzhanovy
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