Manas () is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

) in

Karabudakhkentsky District Karabudakhkentsky District (, , ''Qarabudağgentli yaq'') 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 east of the republic. The area of the distr ...

of the

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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. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 5,357.

History

It was established on June 9, 2005 by splitting it from the urban-type settlement of Manaskent (which was subsequently transformed into a rural locality).Law #20

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, the

of Manas is incorporated within

as Manas Settlement (an administrative division of the district).Law #16 As a municipal division, Manas Settlement is incorporated within Karabudakhkentsky Municipal District as Manas Urban Settlement.Law #6

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2015 Urban-type settlements in the Republic of Dagestan Populated places established in 2005