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Makhachkala

Eastern Europe

Makhachkala, previously known as Petrovskoye from 1844 to 1857 and Port-Petrovsk from 1857 to 1921, or by the local Kumyk name Anji, is the capital and largest city of Dagestan, Russia. Located on the Caspian Sea, it covers 468.13 square kilometers with a population of over 623,254, while its urban agglomeration spans over 3,712 square kilometers with roughly 1 million residents, making it the fourth-largest city in the Caucasus and the largest in the North Caucasus and North Caucasian Federal District.

Facts
Population
662,660 1
Area (sq km)
468.13 1
Founding Year
1844 1
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Elevation (m)
10 1
Latitude
42.9825 degrees north 1
Longitude
47.505 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Sea Level 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Connections

Capital Of

Dagestan, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Makhachkala - GeoNames
Sources
1. Makhachkala (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1844-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 662,660 (2023)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 42.9825, longitude 47.505
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 10 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 468.13 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 662660 (2023)
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2. GeoNames: Makhachkala - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 532096
    42.97782 47.50027 P PPLA RU 17 596356 -10 Europe/Moscow
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. -10 m
  • Capital Of: Dagestan, cities500 record 532096, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 17)
    42.97782 47.50027 P PPLA RU 17 596356 -10 Europe/Moscow
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.75, 47.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 42.75, 47.75
42.75 47.75 Cfa
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Wikidata: Makhachkala
Wikidata Q5168, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Makhachkala (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionOn Continent: Europe, Russian Federation, Europe list
Quote, On Continent: Europe, Russian Federation, Europe list
Russian Federation 643 RUS
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