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Derbent

Derbent is a city in on the Caspian Sea. It dates back to the 8th century BCE and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is the location of the mythical "Gates of Alexander," and easily one of the most impressive historical sites in .
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  • Type: City with 127,000 residents
  • Description: city in Dagestan, Russia
  • Also known as: “Darband” and “Derbend”
  • Address: Дербент
Photo: Zastara, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Derbent Lighthouse and Dzhuma Mosque.

Lighthouse
Photo: Bok, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the southernmost lighthouse in Russia, located in the city of Derbent, a city in the Russian Republic of Dagestan. It is in the center of the city, on the fortress wall between the parks named after Sergei Kirov and Nizami Ganjavi and about half a kilometer from the coastline.

Mosque
Photo: Alfredovic, CC BY 3.0.
The Juma Mosque of Derbent is a Shi'ite Friday mosque and madrasa, located in the center of the old part of Derbent in the Republic of Dagestan, in what is modern-day .

Railway station
Photo: Pupsoid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sabnova and Jalgan.

Village
is a rural locality in , Republic of Dagestan, . The population was 3,820 as of 2010. There are 51 streets.

Village
Dzhalgan is a rural locality in , Republic of Dagestan, . The population was 725 as of 2010. There are 25 streets.

Derbent

Latitude
42.0579° or 42° 3′ 28″ north
Longitude
48.2888° or 48° 17′ 20″ east
Population
127,000
Elevation
-13 metres (-43 feet)
Open location code
8HJC375Q+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 191903740
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
566532
Wiki­data ID
Q131416
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Derbent” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Derbent”
  • Arabic: “دربند”
  • Arabic: “درينت”
  • Arabic: “ديربينت”
  • Aragonese: “Derbent”
  • Armenian: “Դերբենդ”
  • Asturian: “Derbent”
  • Avaric: “Дербенд”
  • Avaric: “Дербент”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bab əl-Əbvab”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dəmirqapı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dərbənd şəhəri”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dərbənd”
  • Bashkir: “Дәрбәнт”
  • Basque: “Derbent”
  • Belarusian: “Баб-аль-Абваб”
  • Belarusian: “Дзербент”
  • Belarusian: “Дэрбент”
  • Bengali: “দারবান্দ”
  • Bulgarian: “Дербент”
  • Catalan: “Bab al-Abwab”
  • Catalan: “Bab al-Abwad”
  • Catalan: “Darband”
  • Catalan: “Daruband”
  • Catalan: “Derbend”
  • Catalan: “Derbent”
  • Catalan: “Porta de les portes”
  • Cebuano: “Derbent”
  • Chechen: “Дербент”
  • Chinese: “Derbent”
  • Chinese: “傑爾賓特”
  • Chinese: “杰尔宾特”
  • Chuvash: “Дербент”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Derbent”
  • Croatian: “Derbent”
  • Czech: “Derbent”
  • Danish: “Derbent”
  • Dargwa: “Чяли”
  • Dutch: “Derbent (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Derbent”
  • Eastern Mari: “Дербент”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دربند”
  • Erzya: “Дербент”
  • Esperanto: “Derbent”
  • Estonian: “Derbent”
  • Finnish: “Derbent”
  • French: “Citadelle, vieille ville et forteresse de Derbent”
  • French: “Darband”
  • French: “Derbend”
  • French: “Derbent”
  • Georgian: “დერბენტი”
  • German: “Darband”
  • German: “Darbant”
  • German: “Derbent”
  • Greek: “Ντερμπέντ”
  • Gujarati: “ડરબેંટ”
  • Hebrew: “דורבנט”
  • Hebrew: “דרבנד”
  • Hebrew: “דרבנט”
  • Hindi: “डेर्बेन्ट”
  • Hungarian: “Derbent”
  • Ido: “Derbent”
  • Indonesian: “Derbent”
  • Ingush: “Аьшка наӀараш”
  • Irish: “Derbent”
  • Italian: “Derbent”
  • Japanese: “デルベント”
  • Kabardian: “Дербент”
  • Kabardian: “Темыркъалэ”
  • Kalmyk: “Дербент балһсн”
  • Kannada: “ಡರ್ಬೆಂಟ್”
  • Kashubian: “Derbent”
  • Kazakh: “Дербент”
  • Kirghiz: “Дербент”
  • Korean: “데르벤트”
  • Ladin: “Derbent”
  • Lak: “Дaрбaнт”
  • Lak: “Дарбант”
  • Latin: “Derbent”
  • Latin: “Derbentum”
  • Latvian: “Derbenta”
  • Lezghian: “Дербент”
  • Lezghian: “Кьвевар”
  • Lithuanian: “Derbentas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Derbent”
  • Macedonian: “Дербент”
  • Malay: “Derbent”
  • Malayalam: “ദർബന്ദ്”
  • Marathi: “डरबेंट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Derbent”
  • Moksha: “Дербент”
  • Northern Frisian: “Derbent”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Derbent”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Darband”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Derbent”
  • Norwegian: “Derbent”
  • Ossetian: “Дербент”
  • Persian: “دربند (روسیه)”
  • Persian: “دربند خزر”
  • Persian: “دربند قفقاز”
  • Persian: “دربند”
  • Persian: “دروازه کاسپین”
  • Persian: “دروازهٔ کاسپین”
  • Persian: “شهر دربند”
  • Polish: “Derbent”
  • Portuguese: “Derbent”
  • Portuguese: “Derbente”
  • Romanian: “Derbent”
  • Russian: “Баб-аль-Абваб”
  • Russian: “Дербент”
  • Russian: “Дербе́нт”
  • Russian: “Чора”
  • Scots: “Derbent”
  • Serbian: “Derbent”
  • Serbian: “Дербент”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Derbent”
  • Silesian: “Derbent (Rusyjo)”
  • Silesian: “Derbent”
  • Sinhala: “ඩර්බන්ට්”
  • Slovak: “Derbent”
  • Slovenian: “Derbent”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دربند”
  • Spanish: “Derbent”
  • Swedish: “Daruband”
  • Swedish: “Derbend”
  • Swedish: “Derbent”
  • Tabassaran: “Цали”
  • Tagalog: “Derbent”
  • Tajik: “Дарбанд”
  • Talysh: “Dərbənd”
  • Tamil: “டெர்பேண்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Дәрбәнт”
  • Telugu: “డేర్బెంట్”
  • Thai: “เดอร์เบนต์”
  • Turkish: “Derbend”
  • Turkish: “Derbent, Dağıstan”
  • Turkish: “Derbent”
  • Turkmen: “Darband”
  • Ukrainian: “Дербент”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Derbent”
  • Urdu: “دربند”
  • Urdu: “دیربینت”
  • Uzbek: “Darband”
  • Venetian: “Derbent”
  • Veps: “Derbent”
  • Vietnamese: “Derbent”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Derbent”
  • Western Mari: “Дербент”
  • Western Panjabi: “دربند”
  • Wu Chinese: “杰尔宾特”
  • Yue Chinese: “傑爾賓特”

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