Why visit Kasumkent
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 2 parks and trails and 2 places to eat in and around town.
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About Kasumkent
Kasumkent (Russian: Касумкѐнт; Lezgian: Кьасумхуьр) is a village and the administrative center of Suleyman-Stalsky District of Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located 187 kilometers south of the capital of the Republic, Makhachkala. It is the biggest inhabited locality in Suleyman-Stalsky District and had a population of 12,000 in 2002.
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History
The village was founded by a mountaineer named Kasum. Centuries ago, he built a house for himself among high trees on the Chiragchay river. Later people from nearest lands started to move on that territory. According to the census of 1886, there were 116 houses in the village with a population of 623 consisting of 316 men and 307 women. Before the October Revolution there were two mosques in the village, as well as a two-year school. During the Russian Empire, the settlement was the administrative capital of the Kyurinsky Okrug. Today it is one of the biggest district centres of the Republic.
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Map of Kasumkent
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Getting there and nearby towns
- Kurkent 5 km northwest, about 5 min by car
- Gereykhanovskoye 11 km east, about 11 min by car
- Sovetskoye 16 km east, about 16 min by car
- Kabir 16 km southwest, about 16 min by car
- Magaramkent 18 km southeast, about 18 min by car
- Syrtych 19 km north, about 19 min by car
- Novaya Maka 20 km northeast, about 20 min by car
- Khiv 20 km northwest, about 20 min by car
- Belidzhi 32 km northeast, about 32 min by car
- Derbent 45 km north, about 45 min by car
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