Izberbash
Template:Short description Template:Infobox Russian inhabited locality Izberbash (Template:Langx; Dargwa: Избир; Template:Langx, Yizbirbaş) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the coast of the Caspian Sea Template:Convert southeast of Makhachkala, the capital of the republic. Population: Template:Ru-census
History
It was founded in 1932 as an oil extraction settlement.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Town status was granted to it in 1949.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On 1 October 2024 the mayor of Izberbash, Magomed Isakov, was arrested by the Russian government for accepting a 3.9 million ruble (USD$40,902.5) bribe "for not the commission of actions related to the abolition of the permit for the construction of a house" from a contractor, facing a 15 year sentence.[1]
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as the Town of Izberbash—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[2] As a municipal division, the Town of Izberbash is incorporated as Izberbash Urban Okrug.[3]
Demographics
Ethnic groups in the city administrative area (2002 census):[4]
- Dargins (65.4%)
- Kumyks (14.4%)
- Lezgins (7.3%)
- Russians (5.1%)
- Avars (2.8%)
- Laks (2.0%)
- Azerbaijanis (1.0%)
Ethnic groups in 2021:[5]
- Dargins (66.1%)
- Kumyks (15.7%)
- Lezgins (10.0%)
- Russians (2.1%)
- Avars (2.6%)
- Laks (1.7%)
- Tabasarans (0.8%)
Geography
Climate
Izberbash has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk).
Notable people
People from Izberbash:
- Viktor Bolshov (born 1939), Soviet high jumper
- Milana Dadasheva (born 1995), Russian wrestler
- Mukhtar Gusengadzhiyev (born 1964), Russian circus actor
- Paul Irniger (1913–1939), Swiss serial killer
- Akhmed Khaybullayev (born 1985), Russian footballer
- Anatoly Slivko (1938–1989), Soviet serial killer
References
Notes
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