Daghestan (Dāghistān) is a republic of the Russian Federation. Located in the northeastern Caucasus, it has an area of 50,300 square kilometres and borders Kalmykia and the Stavropol region in the north, Chechnya and Georgia in the west, Azerbaijan in the south, and the Caspian Sea in the east. Daghestan's geography ranges from coastal plain to foothills to alpine areas. The population of 2,910,249 Illustration 1. Map of Daghestan. Cartography: Andreas Birken. (2010 census) includes speakers of Turkic languages (Kumyks, 14.9 percent; Azeris, 4.5