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Adygea

Also known as Adygeya, Adyghea, Adygeia, Adygea Republic, Republic of Adygea

Adygea ( ), officially the Republic of Adygea or the Adygean Republic, is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe. The republic is a part of the Southern Federal District, and covers an area of , with a population of roughly 500,731 residents as at 2025. It is an enclave within Krasnodar Krai and is the fifth-smallest Russian federal subject by area. Maykop is the capital and the largest city of Adygea, home to one-third of the republic's population.

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Adygea is a small Russian republic located in the North Caucasus region that is surrounded by Krasnodar Krai, with a population of roughly 500,000 people and its capital in the city of Maykop. It matters as one of Russia's federal subjects and represents the diverse ethnic and geographic composition of the Russian Federation in the Caucasus region.

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Settlement.name: Republic of Adygea
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.settlement_type: Republic
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Adygea.svg
Settlement.image_map: Map of Russia (2014–2022) - Adygea (Crimea disputed).svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: European Russia
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe wikidata: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 6
Settlement.mapframe height: 250
Settlement.mapframe stroke width: 1
Settlement.image_skyline: Acheshbok, Южные отроги горы Ачешбок, драматичные погодные условия раннего лета, Западный Кавказ.jpg
Settlement.subdivision_name: Russia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Federal district
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Southern
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Economic region
Settlement.subdivision_name3: North Caucasus

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Wikidata facts

Demonym: adighezi
Population: 500731
Area: 7600
Official website: www.adygheya.ru
Image: Acheshbok, Южные отроги горы Ачешбок, драматичные погодные условия раннего лета, Западный Кавказ.jpg
Dialing code: 877
Licence plate code: 1

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Commons category: Adygea
Commons gallery: Адыгея
inception: 1991-00-00
native label: Адыгэ Республик

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History
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Rivers
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Natural resources
Climate
Politics
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Vital statistics
Ethnic groups
Religions
Education
Economy
Transportation
Culture
Notable people
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Adygea is one of Russia's ethnic republics, primarily representing the indigenous Circassian people who form 25% of the Republic's population, while Russians form a majority at 60%, and with minority populations of Armenians and Ukrainians. The official languages of Adygea are Adyghe and Russian.