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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  • City with 127,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of -13 metres (-43 feet)
  • Description: city in Dagestan, Russia
  • Address: Дербент
  • Also known as
    “Darband”
    “Derbend”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dzhuma Mosque and Derbent Lighthouse.
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The Juma Mosque of Derbent is a Shi'ite Friday mosque…
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The is the southernmost lighthouse…
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Muslim Magomayev Azerbaijani State Musical Drama…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sabnova and Jalgan.
is a rural locality in , Republic of Dagestan, Russia.
Dzhalgan is a rural locality in , Republic of Dagestan, Russia.

Derbent

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Latitude
42.0579° or 42° 3′ 28″ north
Longitude
48.2888° or 48° 17′ 20″ east
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: “باب الأبواب”
  • 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: “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”
  • Galician: “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 Armenian: “Դարբանտ”
  • Western Armenian: “Տէրպէնտ”
  • Western Mari: “Дербент”
  • Western Panjabi: “دربند”
  • Wu Chinese: “杰尔宾特”
  • Yue Chinese: “傑爾賓特”

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