Khuri, Republic of Dagestan
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Хьур
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|coordinates = {{coord|42|10|N|47|07|E|display=inline}}[https://mapdata.ru/dagestan/lakskiy-rayon/selo-huri/ Село Хури на карте]
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Khuri ({{langx|ru|Хури}}; {{langx|lbe|Хьур}}) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Khurinsky Selsoviet, Laksky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 518 as of 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://dagstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/dagstat/resources/b698fa00421f084fbfb3ff2d59c15b71/%D0%92%D0%9F%D0%9D+%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC1.rar |title=Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Таблица № 11. Численность населения городских округов, муниципальных районов, городских и сельских поселений, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Республики Дагестан |access-date=2020-11-11 |archive-date=2013-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113210/http://dagstat.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/dagstat/resources/b698fa00421f084fbfb3ff2d59c15b71/%D0%92%D0%9F%D0%9D+%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC1.rar |url-status=dead }} There are 3 streets.[https://mapdata.ru/dagestan/lakskiy-rayon/selo-huri/ Село Хури на карте]
Geography
Khuri is located 141 km southwest of Makhachkala,[https://routes.votpusk.ru/distance.asp?from=cc6598ec-5167-4648-bf8a-e4107761b72f&to=ad30ec09-d513-427d-b128-22336cd2e6f6 Расстояние от Махачкалы до Хури ~ 141 км] 2 km northeast of Kumukh (the district's administrative centre) by road, on the right bank of the Kazikumukhskoye Koysu River. Kumukh and Khurukra are the nearest rural localities.[https://all-routes.ru/rasstoyanie-khuri_ru-kumukh Расстояние от Хури до Кумуха 2 км]
Nationalities
Laks live there.
Famous residents
- Mikail Kalilov (general)
- Khayrutdin Gadzhiyev (cardiologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor, author and co-author of about 200 scientific works)
- Gabib Tsakhayev (physiologist, doctor of natural sciences, doctor of biological sciences, member of the International Academy of Cosmononautics, professor of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences)
- Nabi Tsakhayev (doctor of medical Sciences, professor)
- Zaidat Musayeva (neurologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor)
- Gadzhi Gadzhiev (cardiologist, doctor of medical sciences, professor)
Sights
- Kumukh fortress
- Mosque-museum built in 1572.
- Cannons of the tsarist army of the 18th century.
- Mausoleum "Musa katta".
- Vacilou mount
References
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