Banayurt (; , ''Booni-Yurt'') is a rural locality (a selo) in

Novolaksky District Novolaksky District (; Lak language, Lak: ) is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Republic of Dagestan, forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the west ...

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 1,036 as of 2010. There are 18 streets.

Geography

Banayurt is located 19 km southwest of

Khasavyurt Khasavyurt is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Dagestan, Russia. Population: History It was founded in 1846 and granted town status in 1931. During the Russian Empire, the settlement was the administrative capital of the Khas ...

, on the left bank of the Yamansu River. Yamansu and Barchkhoyotar are the nearest rural localities.Расстояние от Банайюрта до Хасавюрта 19 км
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Nationalities

Chechens live there.

References

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