Dagestan

Territory - 50.3 thousand sq km

Population - 2118.8 thousand people (for 01.01.99), including: urban - 40.7%; rural - 59.3%

Administrative division - 41 administrative regions, 10 cities and 18 semiurban settlements, 693 rural administrative units.

Capital of republic - Makhachkala.

Largest cities (number of inhabitants for 01.01.98. thousand people): Makhachkala (381.4), Derbent (90.1), Khasavyurt (83.8), Kaspiysk (67.9), Buinaksk (58.2)