What is Makhachkala?
[[File:Makhachkala, Dagestan.png|thumb|300px|View of Makhachkala, pictured in September 2014]] [[File:Flag of Makhachkala (Dagestan).png|thumb|150px|The flag of Makhachkala]] [[File:Coat of Arms of Makhachkala.png|thumb|90px|The coat of arms of Makhachkala]] '''Makhachkala''' ({{lang-rus|Махачкала}}; [[Lak language|Lak]]: Гьанжи; [[Avar language|Avar]]: МахӀачхъала; [[Lezgian language|Lezgian]]: Магьачкъала; [[Rutul language|Rutul]]: МахаӀчкала) is the [[capital city]] of the [[Republics of Russia|Republic]] of [[Dagestan]], southwestern [[Russia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Makhachkala|title=Makhachkala|work=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|date=17 September 2018}}</ref> As of the 2010 [[census]], the city had 572,076 people [[population|living there]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * {{Official|https://www.mkala.ru/}} {{Small|(in Russian)}} {{Russian republics capitals}} {{Republic of Dagestan}} [[Category:Capitals of republics of Russia]] [[Category:Cities and towns in Dagestan]] {{Europe-stub}} {{authority control}}