Kizilyurt


Kizilyurt 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.

History

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

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 and one rural locality, 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 :
Ethnic groups in the city itself :
Kizilyurt has a humid continental climate.