Burtunay (; ) is a

rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically describ ...

(a selo) in

Kazbekovsky District Kazbekovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative cente ...

Republic of Dagestan Dagestan ( ; ; ), officially the Republic of Dagestan, is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian Fede ...

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. The population was 4,035 as of 2010. There are 18 streets.

Nationalities

Avars live there.

Famous residents

Saygidpasha Umakhanov Saygidpasha Umakhanov (; born 3 April 1962, Burtunay, Kazbekovsky District) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma. Umakhanov started his political career in 1997 when he became deputy of the People's Assembly of ...

(statesman) * Gadzhi Makhachev (statesman, Doctor of Law, Professor, Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation) * Adam Amirilayev (Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation)

Geography

Burtunay is located 13 km south of

Dylym Dylym (, ) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kazbekovsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of ...

(the district's administrative centre) by road. Almak and Guni are the nearest rural localities.Расстояние от Буртуная до Дылыма 13 км
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References

Rural localities in Kazbekovsky District {{Kazbekovsky-geo-stub