Rubas

Rubas (Рубас) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Rubassky Selsoviet, Derbentsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The population was 3,099 as of 2010. There are 44 streets.

Geography
Rubas is located 19 km south of Derbent (the district's administrative centre) by road. Aglobi and Kommuna are the nearest rural localities.

History
Former Mountain Jewish village. At the beginning of the 20th century, it was inhabited by settlers from the Poltava province.

In 1966, after an earthquake, residents of the village of Chulak, Khivsky region, were resettled to the village of Rubas. In 1972, the village of Khoshmenzil was included in the village.

Nationalities
Tabasarans, Azerbaijanis, Lezgins and Aghuls live there.