Lakia (Lak: Lak, Lakral kanu, or Lakkuy)[1] is the later name for the ethnic territory of the Laks, located in the central part of mountainous Dagestan. Historically, this region was known as Gumik or Tuman.[2] The town of Kumukh serves as the main historical, cultural, spiritual, and political center of Lakia, which encompasses the Lakskiy and Kulinskiy districts.[3][4]
- ^ Names as "Lakia", "Lak", "Lakral kanu", and "Lakkuy", identically mean the "Lak" territory.
- ^ А.Р. Шихсаидов. Ислам в средневековом Дагестане VII-XV вв. Академия наук СССР, 1969. — С. 35.
- ^ Исмей-Гаджи Гусейнов. Лаки в истории Дагестана (VI—XX века). Кавказский Узел / Энциклопедия.
- ^ С. К. Каммаев. Легендарная Лакия: Краткий энциклопедический справочник о Лакии и лакцах. Т.1 — Махачкала: Тип. ДНЦ РАН, 2007.