Echmiadzin Uyezd

The Echmiadzin Uyezd (Russian: Эчмиадзинский уезд; Armenian: Էջմիածնի գավառ) was a county of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the governorate's Aleksandropolsky Uyezd to the north, the Novobayazetsky and Erivansky Uyezds to the east, the Surmalinsky Uyezd to the south, and the Kars Oblast to the west. It included all of the Armavir Province and most of the Aragatsotn Province of present-day Armenia. Its administrative center was the village of Vagharshapat (also known as Echmiadzin), the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church.[1]

Echmiadzin Uyezd

Эчмиадзинский уезд
Coat of arms
CountryRussia
Political statusUyezd
RegionCaucasus
Established1849
Abolished1918
Area
 • Total3,858 km2 (1,490 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total124,237
 • Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)

Demographics

According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the district was 124,237, the majority of which were Armenians (62.4%). Minorities included Tatars (modern Azerbaijanis; 29%) and Kurds (8%).[2] The largest settlement in the district was Vagharshapat, which had a total population of 5,267, of which the overwhelming majority (95%) were Armenians.[3]

References
  1. Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780300153088.
  2. (in Russian) 1897 Census, Echmiadzin Uyezd Demoscope Weekly
  3. (in Russian) 1897 Census, Vagharshapat Village Demoscope Weekly

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