Derbent
Derbent
Дербент | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Lezgin | Цал (Tsal), Кьвевар (Kwevar), Дербенn (Derbent) |
| • Azerbaijani | Дәрбәнд (Dərbənd) |
| • Dargwa | Чяли |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Derbent | |
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| Coordinates: 42°3′28″N 48°17′20″E / 42.05778°N 48.28889°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Dagestan[1] |
| Founded | 438 |
| City status since | 1840 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Akhmed Abduseinovich Kuliev |
| Area | |
• Total | 69.63 km2 (26.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2010 Census)[3] | |
• Total | 119,200 |
| • Rank | 137th in 2010 |
| • Density | 1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi) |
Administrative status | |
| • Subordinated to | City of Derbent[1] |
| • Capital of | City of Derbent,[1] Derbentsky District[1] |
Municipal status | |
| • Urban okrug | Derbent Urban Okrug[4] |
| • Capital of | Derbent Urban Okrug,[4] Derbentsky Municipal District |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| Postal code(s)[6] | 368600 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 87240 |
| OKTMO ID | 82710000001 |
| Website | www |
Derbent,[a] also historically known as Darband,[7][8][9] or Derbend,[10] is the southernmost city in Russia. It is situated along the southeastern coast of the Republic of Dagestan, occupying the narrow gateway between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus Mountains, and connecting the Eurasian Steppe to the north and the Iranian Plateau to the south. Derbent covers an area of 69.63 square kilometres (26.88 sq mi) with a population of roughly 120,000 residents.
Derbent is considered the oldest city in Russia, with historical documentation dating to the 8th century BC, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.[11] Due to its strategic location, over the course of history, the city changed ownership many times, particularly among the Persian, Arab, Mongol, Timurid, and Shirvan kingdoms. In the early 19th century, the city came under control of the Russian Empire through the Treaty of Gulistan signed with Qajar Iran.[12]
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- ^ "Persia". The Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18. 1885. p. 646.
- ^ "Darband" at Encyclopædia Iranica
- ^ Noonan, Thomas S. (2024). The Islamic World, Russia and the Vikings. p. 139.
- ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (9th ed.). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 105.
- ^ Derbent - Russia’s oldest city: 5,000 and counting Archived May 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Timothy C. Dowling Russia at War: From the Mongol Conquest to Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Beyond Archived April 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine p 728 ABC-CLIO, 2 dec. 2014 ISBN 1598849484
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