Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk

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Coordinates: 44°40′N, 45°39′E

Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk (Russian: Ю́жно-Сухоку́мск) is a town in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the Sukhaya Kuma River, 295 km northwest of Makhachkala. Population: 9,777 (2002 Census); 12,246 (1989 Census).

It was granted status of urban-type settlement in 1963 and town status in 1988.