title: Vanashimakhi, Sergokalinsky District, Republic of Dagestan
text: # Vanashimakhi, Sergokalinsky District, Republic of Dagestan
  
  Vanashimakhi (Russian: Ванашимахи; Dargwa: Ванашимахьи) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Vanashimakhinskoye Rural Settlement, Sergokalinsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: 813 (2021 Census); 1,025 (2002 Census); 550 (1989 Census).
  
  ## Geography
  
  Vanashimakhi is located 7 km southwest of Sergokala (the district's administrative centre) by road. Ayalizimakhi and Degva are the nearest rural localities.
  
  ## Nationalities
  
  Dargins live there.
  
  ## Famous residents
  
  * Rashid Rashidov (People's poet of Dagestan)
  * Avadzi Omarov (Chairman of the Supreme Court of the DASSR)
  