Kizilyurt (Russian: Кизилю́рт; Avar: Гъизилюрт; Kumyk: Къызыл-юрт, Qızıl-yurt) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, about 53 kilometers (33 mi) northwest of Makhachkala.

[8] It is located where the north-flowing Sulak River leaves the mountains and enters the Terek-Sulak Lowland.

[9] It was founded in 1963 by merging the work settlements of Kizilyurt, Bavtugay (Бавтугай), and Sulak (Сулак).

[1] 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.

[3] Ethnic groups in the city administrative area (2002 census):[10] Ethnic groups as of the 2021 census:[11] Kizilyurt has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa).