[5] They live mainly on the territory of the Kaytagsky district of Dagestan, partly on the plain and in cities (Makhachkala, Derbent, Izberbash, etc.).

Part of the Kaitag people were resettled in Chechnya in 1944,[6] from where they later moved to the north of Dagestan.

In pre-revolutionary and Soviet literature, there were theories about the Mongolian and Oghuz roots of the Kaitag people, held in particular by orientalist Vasily Bartold.

The military and political power of the utsmi was made up of the Upper Kaitag and Dargin free societies of Utsmi-Dargo, Akusha-Dargo, Kaba-Dargo, Burkun Dargo, Muira, Gapsh, Syurga.

The capital of the Utsmiate was Kala Koreysh – later, Urkarakh, Majalis and Bashly also grew in importance.