Official Name: | Alkadar |
Native Name: | Алкадар Алкьвадар |
Settlement Type: | Selo |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Dagestan#Russia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Russia |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Republic of Dagestan |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Suleyman-Stalsky District |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
Coordinates: | 41.7°N 53°W[1] |
Alkadar (Russian: Алкадар; Lezghian: Алкьвадар) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Alkadarsky Selsoviet, Suleyman-Stalsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: There are 36 streets.[2]
Alkadar is located on the left bank of the Chiragchay River, 6 km northwest of Kasumkent (the district's administrative centre) by road. Kurkent and Sardarkent are the nearest rural localities.[3]
The village is composed of ethnic Lezgins. There is a house-museum of Mirza Hasan Alkadari, Islamic scholar and historian.[4]