Tsakhur (Russian: Цахур; Tsakhur: ЦIaIх) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Tsakhurskoye Rural Settlement, Rutulsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: 476 (2010 Census);[2] 329 (2002 Census);[3] 326 (1989 Soviet census).[4] Most Tsakhur speak Tsakhor and Russian and Azerbaijani and the Tsakhur language is considered as an endangered language [5].There are 4 streets.[6]

Tsakhur
Цахур
ЦIaIх
Selo
Tsakhur is located in Republic of Dagestan
Tsakhur
Tsakhur
Tsakhur is located in Russia
Tsakhur
Tsakhur
Coordinates: 41°39′N 47°08′E / 41.650°N 47.133°E / 41.650; 47.133[1]
Country Russia
RegionDagestan Republic of Dagestan
DistrictRutulsky District
Population
 (2010)
 • Total476
Time zoneUTC+3:00

Geography

Tsakhur is located in the valley of the Samur river, 35km northwest of Rutul (the district's administrative centre) by road. Muslakh and Gelmets are the nearest rural localities.[7]

Nationalities

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Tsakhur is a mono-ethnic Tsakhur village.[8]

There are Tsakhur in the Dagestan Azerbayjan region as well.[9]

Famous residents

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  • Abdulla Mukhtarov (Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, associate Professor, Professor of the Physics Department of the Azerbaijan State University)
  • Selim Dzhafarov (Caucasian scientist, linguist and Turkologist, professor at Baku State University)

References

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  1. ^ Село Цахур на карте
  2. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  3. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (21 May 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  4. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  5. ^ "Did you know Tsakhur is vulnerable?". Endangered Languages. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  6. ^ Село Цахур на карте
  7. ^ Расстояние от Цахура до Рутула 35 км
  8. ^ "Рутульский район" [Rutulsky district]. FLNKA. Archived from the original on 31 Dec 2011. Retrieved 3 Oct 2024.
  9. ^ Gasanova, M.A.; Taibova, L.Ya. (2016). "Linguo-cultural analysis of concepts friendship/hostility in the Dagestan paremiological world picture (on the material of the Tabasaran, the Agul, the Rutul and the Tsakhur languages)". Herald of Dagestan State University. 31 (2): 86–92. doi:10.21779/2542-0313-2016-31-2-86-92. ISSN 2542-0313.