Aglobi (Russian: Аглоби; Azerbaijani: Әғлаби, Əğlabi; Lezgian: Агълаб; Judeo-Tat: Эгълеби) is a rural locality (a selo) in Derbentsky District, Republic of Dagestan, in southern Russia.
Aglobi
Аглоби Әғлаби Агълаб Эгълеби | |
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  Aglobi  Aglobi | |
| Coordinates: 41°53′N 48°20′E / 41.883°N 48.333°E[1] | |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Republic of Dagestan |
| District | Derbentsky District |
| Elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Population (2021[3]) | |
| • Total | 1,771 people[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+3:00 |
Geography
editAglobi is located 20 km south of Derbent (the district's administrative centre) by road. Aladash and Rubas are the nearest rural localities.[4]
There are 31 streets.[5]
History
editAglobi is a former Mountain Jews village, first mentioned in 1813. The land on which the village was located belonged to the dynasty of Derbent rulers from the Aglobid family. Over time, Azerbaijanis from the village of Maraga, Tabasaransky region, also began to settle in the village. By the 30s of the 20th centuries, Jews completely left the village.[6] In 1953, residents of the village of Tsiling Kurakhsky district, were resettled to Aglobi.
Population
editAccording to the materials of the All-Union Population Census of 1926 for the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, in Aglabi of the Kullar village council of the Derbent district lived: Mountain Jews - 165 people (45 households), Turks (Azerbaijanis) - 69 people (17 households), Lezgins - 12 (2 households). [7]
According to the 2021 census, Aglobi had a population of 1,771.[2]
Lezgins, Azerbaijanis and Tabasarans live there.
Agriculture
editThe main activity of the population is growing garlic, peppers, and cucumbers for further sale in pickled form in various cities of Russia and the CIS. In a favorable climate, crops are cultivated: pomegranate, persimmon, persimmon-crown, figs, grapes, quince, etc.
Not far from the village there are salt lakes (“duzlahar”), from which the local population extracts table salt for pickling vegetables.
References
edit- ^ Село Аглоби на карте
- ^ a b Table 5. Population of Russia, federal districts, constituent entities of the Russian Federation, urban districts, municipal districts, municipal districts, urban and rural settlements, urban settlements, rural settlements with a population of 3000 people or more. Results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census. As of October 1, 2021. Volume 1. Population size and distribution (XLSX).
- ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
- ^ Расстояние от Аглоби до Дербента 20 км
- ^ Село Аглоби на карте
- ^ Aglobi in the Russian Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ Materials of the 1926 All-Union Population Census in the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. List of populated places of the Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Makhachkala: Dagstat administration, 1927. p. 68.