Mountain Republic of Dagestan

Mountain Republic of Dagestan Горная Республика Кавказ (Russian) Jmhwra Kewhstana Gfqaz (Persian)
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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
• Глава	Сергей Меликов
• Председатель правительства	Абдулмуслим Абдулмуслимов
• Председатель народного собрания	Заур Аскендеров
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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