Mountain Republic of Dagestan
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Mountain Republic of Dagestan | |
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| Capital and largest city | Dzäud-Jiqäu |
| Official languages | Avar, Agul, Darginsky, Kumyk, Lak, Lezginsky, Rutulsky, Tabasaran |
| Recognised regional languages | Avar, 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 |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic |
• Шамхал | Абдулвагаб Османов |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 7,034,331 |
• 2020 census | 7,134,331 |
• Density | 270,342/km2 (700,182.6/sq mi) |
| Currency | Caucasian 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
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