Dossier

It is part of the North Caucasus Federal District and occupies an area of 50.3 thousand square meters. km. The administrative center is Makhachkala, major cities are Khasavyurt, Derbent, Kaspiysk. Consists of 757 municipalities: 41 districts, 10 urban districts, 8 urban and 698 rural settlements. Population as of January 1, 2012 - 2.93 million people (+0.56% compared to 2011, 13th place in Russia): urban - 1.323 million, rural - 1.607 million. National composition, according to the 2010 census: Avars - 29.4%, Dargins - 17%, Kumyks - 14.9%, Lezgins - 13.3%, Laks - 5.6%, Russians - 3.6%, Azerbaijanis - 4.5%, Tabasarans - 4, 1%, others - 7.6%. The average monthly salary in 2011 was 11,235.8 rubles. (last, 83rd place in Russia). In August 2012, there were 143 thousand unemployed in the republic (11.3% of the economically active population, 79th place in the Russian Federation). In terms of GRP per capita, the region ranks 79th in the country. In 2012, republican budget expenditures are planned at 69.1 billion rubles, revenues - 66.8 billion rubles, including transfers from the federal budget - 49.6 billion rubles. In 2011, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 12,550 crimes were registered in the republic (7.8% more than in 2010).

The Republic of Dagestan