Makhachkala
city in Dagestan, Russia
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Summary
Makhachkala is a city[1]. Makhachkala ranks in the top 3% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,719 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Dagestan[3]
- Country: Russia[4]
- Head of government: Said Amirov[5], Murtazali Rabadanov[6], Magomed Suleimanov[7], Musa Musaev[8], Salman Dadaev[9], Yusup Umavov[10]
- Instance of: big city[11], port[12]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Kirovsky District[13], Leninsky District[14], Sovetsky District[15]
- Flag: flag of Makhachkala[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Sfax[17], Oldenburg[18], Balıkesir[19], Brescia[20], Biskra[21], Vladikavkaz[22], La Roche-sur-Yon[23], Ndola[24], Rotterdam[25], Smolyan[26], Siping[27], Yalova[28], Kaluga[29], Stavropol[30]
- Postal code: 367000–367999[31]
- Commons category: Makhachkala[32]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[33]
- Local dialing code: 8722[34]
- Inception: 1844[35]
- Official website: https://mkala.ru/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Makhachkala[37]
- Population: 587,876[38], 592,976[39], 596,356[40], 662,660[41]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[42], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[43], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[46], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[47]
- Capital of: Dagestan[48], Makhachkala Urban Okrug[49]
- Official name: Махӏачхъала[50], Махачкала[51]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Makhachkala[52]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Makhachkala[53]
- Native label: Махачкала[54]
- Category for people buried here: Q7976951[55]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Makhachkala[56]
- Elevation above sea level: 10 m[57]
- Area: 468.13 km²[58]
Why It Matters
Makhachkala has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] Makhachkala is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]