| En Name: | Kizilyurt |
| Ru Name: | Кизилюрт |
| Loc Name1: | Чир-юрт / Къызыл-юрт |
| Loc Lang1: | Kumyk |
| Loc Name2: | Гъизилюрт |
| Loc Lang2: | Avar |
| Coordinates: | 43.2167°N 98°W |
| Map Label Position: | top |
| Image Coa: | Coat_of_Arms_of_Kiziljurt.png |
| Federal Subject: | Republic of Dagestan |
| Adm City Jur: | Town of Kizilyurt |
| Adm Ctr Of1: | Kizilyurtovsky District |
| Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Kizilyurt |
| Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
| Urban Okrug Jur: | Kizilyurt Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of1: | Kizilyurt Urban Okrug |
| Mun Admctr Of2: | Kizilyurtovsky Municipal District |
| Area Km2: | 50 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 32988 |
| Pop 2021Census Ref: | [1] |
| Established Date: | 1963 |
Kizilyurt (ru|Кизилю́рт; av|Гъизилюрт; kum|Къызыл-юрт, Qızıl-yurt) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, about 53km (33miles) northwest of Makhachkala. Population: It is located where the north-flowing Sulak River leaves the mountains and enters the Terek-Sulak Lowland.
The name Kumyk: Kizilyurt is of Kumyk origin. It consists of the Turkic words of Kumyk: kyzyl (red) and Kumyk: yurt (village).[2]
It was founded in 1963 by merging the work settlements of Kizilyurt, Bavtugay (Russian: Бавтугай), and Sulak (Russian: Сулак).
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kizilyurt serves as the administrative center of Kizilyurtovsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[3] As an administrative division, it is, together with two settlements of urban type (Bavtugay and Novy Sulak) and one rural locality (the selo of Stary Bavtugay), incorporated separately as the Town of Kizilyurt—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Kizilyurt is incorporated as Kizilyurt Urban Okrug.[4]
Ethnic groups in the city administrative area (2002 census):[5]
Ethnic groups as of the 2021 census:[6]
Kizilyurt has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).