Kizilyurt

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Town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia

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::summary Town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia ::

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en_nameKizilyurt
ru_nameКизилюрт
loc_name1Чир-юрт / Къызыл-юрт
loc_lang1Kumyk
loc_name2Гъизилюрт
loc_lang2Avar
image_skylineКизилюрт.jpg
image_captionView of Kizilyurt
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image_coaCoat_of_Arms_of_Kiziljurt.png
federal_subjectRepublic of Dagestan
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adm_ctr_of1Kizilyurtovsky District
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adm_ctr_of2Town of Kizilyurt
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mun_admctr_of1Kizilyurt Urban Okrug
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mun_admctr_of2Kizilyurtovsky Municipal District
area_km250
pop_2010census32988
established_date1963
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Etymology

The name Kizilyurt is of Kumyk origin. It consists of the Turkic words of kyzyl (red) and yurt (village).

History

It was founded in 1963 by merging the work settlements of Kizilyurt, Bavtugay (Бавтугай), and Sulak (Сулак).

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kizilyurt serves as the administrative center of Kizilyurtovsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is, together with two settlements of urban type (Bavtugay and Novy Sulak) and one rural locality (the selo of Stary Bavtugay), incorporated separately as the Town of Kizilyurt—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Kizilyurt is incorporated as Kizilyurt Urban Okrug.

Demographics

Ethnic groups in the city administrative area (2002 census):

Ethnic groups as of the 2021 census:

  • Avars (73.4%)
  • Kumyks (12.7%)
  • Laks (4.1%)
  • Lezgins (3.2%)
  • Russians (2.2%)
  • Dargins (1.8%)
  • Chechens (0.5%)

Climate

Kizilyurt has a Cold semi-arid climate, with quite cold winters and warm to hot summers. the average annual precipitation is low, 381 millimeters. |width = auto |location = Kizilyurt |metric first = yes |single line = yes

|Jan high C = 1.9 |Feb high C = 3.1 |Mar high C = 7.7 |Apr high C = 15.8 |May high C = 22.4 |Jun high C = 27.1 |Jul high C = 29.7 |Aug high C = 29.0 |Sep high C = 23.7 |Oct high C = 16.9 |Nov high C = 9.7 |Dec high C = 4.5

| Jan mean C = -1.2 | Feb mean C = -0.2 | Mar mean C = 4.0 | Apr mean C = 11.0 | May mean C = 17.5 | Jun mean C = 22.2 | Jul mean C = 25.0 | Aug mean C = 24.3 | Sep mean C = 19.1 | Oct mean C = 12.8 | Nov mean C = 6.4 | Dec mean C = 1.7

|Jan low C = -4.3 |Feb low C = -3.4 |Mar low C = 0.4 |Apr low C = 6.3 |May low C = 12.7 |Jun low C = 17.3 |Jul low C = 20.3 |Aug low C = 19.6 |Sep low C = 14.6 |Oct low C = 8.7 |Nov low C = 3.2 |Dec low C = -1.1

|precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 20 |Feb precipitation mm = 24 |Mar precipitation mm = 21 |Apr precipitation mm = 27 |May precipitation mm = 43 |Jun precipitation mm = 49 |Jul precipitation mm = 37 |Aug precipitation mm = 30 |Sep precipitation mm = 39 |Oct precipitation mm = 38 |Nov precipitation mm = 31 |Dec precipitation mm = 22 |source 1 = Climate-Data.org {{cite web | url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/29400/ | title = Climate: Kizilyurt | access-date = March 22, 2018}}

Notable people

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Notes

Sources

References

  1. Pospelov, E. M.. (2008). "Географические названия России. Топонимический словарь". Астрель, АСТ.
  2. Law #16
  3. Law #6
  4. "Население дагестана".
  5. "Национальный состав населения". Rosstat.

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