Akhty
Sign in to saveAkhty (; ) is a rural locality (selo) and the administrative center of Akhtynsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located in the south of the republic at the confluence of the Akhtychay and Samur Rivers, from Makhachkala. Population:
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Place details
- Locality
- Ахты
- Region
- Дагестан
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 14,080
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Akhty
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Ахты
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Ахцегьдин акунар.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- View of Akhty
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Republic of Dagestan
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Akhtynsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Akhtynsky Selsoviet
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Akhtynsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Rural locality
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_type
- Selo
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- administrative divisions of Russia
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Population
- +15285
- Elevation
- +1065
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Akhtynsky District
- Official website
- ahti.sitemo.ru
- Image
- Akhty. Historical part.jpg
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- Spa of Akhty
- Notable people
- Climate
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Akhty (; ) is a rural locality (selo) and the administrative center of Akhtynsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located in the south of the republic at the confluence of the Akhtychay and Samur Rivers, from Makhachkala. Population:
==History== It was founded around the mid-1st millennium BCE. In the 1st century CE, it had the name Turi and was a part of Caucasian Albania. In the first centuries CE, weaving and pottery, as well as metal processing, developed here. After the collapse of Caucasian Albania in the 5th century CE, the area of leks appeared Lakzi feudal state, of which entered Akhty too. thumb|left|Stone arch bridge and the river in Akhty