It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southeastern Dagestan within the Russian Federation.

[1] The districts (okrugs) of the Dagestan oblast in 1917 were as follows:[2][3] Bold line denotes the largest city.

the largest city (Buynaksk) According to the Russian Empire Census, the Dagestan oblast had a population of 571,154 on 28 January [O.S.

The plurality of the population indicated Avar-Andean to be their mother tongue, with significant Dargin, Kyurin, Kazi-Kumukh, Kumyk, and Tatar[b] speaking minorities.

1 January] 1916, including 369,737 men and 343,605 women, 659,976 of whom were the permanent population, and 53,366 were temporary residents:[3]