Kizilyurt
Kizilyurt (; ; , Qızıl-yurt) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, about northwest of Makhachkala. Population: It is located where the north-flowing Sulak River leaves the mountains and enters the Terek-Sulak Lowland.
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Kizilyurt is a town in Russia's Dagestan region, situated northwest of the regional capital Makhachkala at a geographically significant point where the Sulak River transitions from mountainous terrain to lowland plains. The town's location at this river crossing has shaped its role in the region's geography and development.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Kizilyurt
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Кизилюрт
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
- Чир-юрт / Къызыл-юрт
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1
- Kumyk
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name2
- Гъизилюрт
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang2
- Avar
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Кизилюрт.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- View of Kizilyurt
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- top
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat_of_Arms_of_Kiziljurt.png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Dagestan
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
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- Etymology
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- Administrative and municipal status
- Demographics
- Climate
- Notable people
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Kizilyurt (; ; , Qızıl-yurt) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, about northwest of Makhachkala. Population: It is located where the north-flowing Sulak River leaves the mountains and enters the Terek-Sulak Lowland.
== Etymology == The name ' is of Kumyk origin. It consists of the Turkic words of ' (red) and '' (village).
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