Chinar, Russia
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Chinar is a rural locality (a selo) in Derbentsky District
Derbentsky District
Derbentsky District is an administrative and a municipal district , one of forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the city of Derbent . District's population: 86,494 ;...

 of the Republic of Dagestan, located in the southeastern part of the republic, 107 kilometres (66.5 mi) from the republic's capital Makhachkala
Makhachkala
-Twin towns/sister cities:Makhachkala is twinned with: Sfax, Tunisia Siping, China Spokane, United States Vladikavkaz, Russia Yalova, Turkey Ndola, Zambia-See also:*...

 and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Dagestanskiye Ogni
Dagestanskiye Ogni
Dagestanskiye Ogni is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, situated on the coast of the Caspian Sea, south of Makhachkala. Population:...

, where the nearest railway station is. Population: . The ethnic composition of the population is mostly Azeris, Dargins, Tabasarans, Aguls
Aguls
Aguls are a people in Dagestan, Russia. According to the 2002 census, there were 28,297 Aguls in Russia . The Aghul language belongs to the Lezgian language family, a group of the Northeast Caucasian family. Ethnically, the Aguls are close to the Lezgins...

, and Lezgins
Lezgins
The Lezgians are an ethnic group living predominantly in southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan and who speak the Lezgian language.- Historical concept :While ancient Greek historians, including Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder, referred...

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