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Kayakent, Russia

Каякент

Kayakent is a town of 11,805 people in Dagestan, Russia.

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Population11,805 GeoNames
Local nameКаякент
RegionDagestan
Elevation159 m 522 ft
Time zoneEurope/Moscow
Nearest airportMakhachkala Uytash Airport (MCX) 52 km

About Kayakent

Kayakent (Russian: Каякент; Kumyk: Къаягент, Qayagent) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Kayakentsky Selsoviet, Kayakentsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 11,144 as of 2010. There are 90 streets.

From the Wikipedia article Kayakent (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Churches and places of worship1

Центральная Мечеть

Place of worship · 0.6 km

2А улица Н.Курбанакаева, Каякент

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Shopping2

Акбар

Shop · 0.7 km

59А улица Ш.Шихсаидова

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Орион

Grocery · 0.9 km

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Gas and EV charging1

Астрол

Gas station · 1.7 km

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Schools, colleges and libraries3

КСШ№2

School

16 улица Гасаналиева

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КСШ №1

School

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КСШ №3

School · 1.1 km

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Healthcare4

Map of Kayakent

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Getting there and nearby towns

Makhachkala Uytash Airport (MCX) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 52 km away.

  • Gerga 7 km southeast, about 7 min by car
  • Novokayakent 7 km east, about 7 min by car
  • Pervomayskoye 12 km north, about 12 min by car
  • Novyye Vikri 12 km southeast, about 12 min by car
  • Utamysh 13 km west, about 13 min by car
  • Myurego 17 km west, about 17 min by car
  • Izberbash 20 km north, about 20 min by car
  • Derbent 48 km southeast, about 48 min by car
  • Tarki 70 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Makhachkala 73 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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