Lagan is a town and the administrative center of Lagansky District

Lagansky District

Lagansky District is an administrative and a municipal district , one of the thirteen in the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia.The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Lagan. District's population: 20,007 ; Population of Lagan accounts for 71.3% of the district's...

 of the Republic of Kalmykia, Russia

Russia

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, located a few kilometers from the Caspian Sea

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. Population: In terms of population, it is the second biggest town in the republic after the capital Elista.

The town was founded in 1870. Town status was granted to it in 1963. Until 1991, it was known as Kaspiysky .

Most of the population in Lagan are Buddhists. There is a Buddhist temple on the territory of Lagan, known as Dardeling Temple.