Kizlyar
Sign in to saveKizlyar (; ; , Qızlar) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the border with the Chechen Republic in the delta of the Terek River northwest of Makhachkala, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 48,984.
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Kizlyar is a town located in Russia's Dagestan region near the border with Chechnya, situated in the Terek River delta. The town is notable as a significant population center in the region, with nearly 49,000 residents as of 2010.
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- Кизляр
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- Къызлар
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- Kumyk
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- Kizlyar Station
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- right
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- Republic of Dagestan
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- Etymology
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- Administrative and municipal status
- Demographics
- Economy
- Climate
- Twin towns and sister cities
- Notable people
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Kizlyar (; ; , Qızlar) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the border with the Chechen Republic in the delta of the Terek River northwest of Makhachkala, the capital of the republic. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 48,984.
== Etymology == According to some researchers, the name of the city comes from an old name for the Terek River. A folk etymology for the name Kizlyar is from an unspecified Turkic language, meaning "girls". According to Vyacheslav Nikonov, the correct translation of this Turkic toponym is "red cliff".