Aizputes apriņķis (, ) was a historic
county
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of the
Courland Governorate
The Courland Governorate, also known as the Province of Courland, Governorate of Kurland (german: Kurländisches Gouvernement; russian: Курля́ндская губерния, translit=Kurljándskaja gubernija; lv, Kurzemes guberņa; lt, K ...
and of the
Republic of Latvia
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. Its capital was
Aizpute
Aizpute (german: Hasenpoth) is a town in western Latvia's South Kurzeme Municipality in the valley of the Tebra River, northeast of Liepāja.
History
The territory of modern Aizpute was inhabited by ancient Curonians since the 9th century. St. ...
(''Hasenpoth'').
History
Created as the Chief Captaincy of Aizpute () in 1819 was from southwestern parts of the
Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ( la, Ducatus Curlandiæ et Semigalliæ; german: Herzogtum Kurland und Semgallen; lv, Kurzemes un Zemgales hercogiste; lt, Kuršo ir Žiemgalos kunigaikštystė; pl, Księstwo Kurlandii i Semigalii) was ...
and
District of Pilten
The District of Pilten ( pl, Powiat piltyński, ger, Kreis Pilten) was an autonomous district of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and also in union with the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia.
History
The district was created after the deat ...
after incorporation into the
Russian Empire
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. In 1864, County of Aizpute (''Kreis Hasenpoth'') became one of the ten counties of the Courland Governorate.
After establishment of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, the ''Aizputes apriņķis'' existed until 1949, when the Council of Ministers of the
Latvian SSR
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split it into the newly created districts (''rajons'') of
Aizpute
Aizpute (german: Hasenpoth) is a town in western Latvia's South Kurzeme Municipality in the valley of the Tebra River, northeast of Liepāja.
History
The territory of modern Aizpute was inhabited by ancient Curonians since the 9th century. St. ...
(dissolved in 1962) and
Alsunga
Alsunga (also Alšvanga, german: Alschwangen) is a village in Alsunga Parish, Kuldīga Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Alsunga is the center of the Suiti, a small Catholic community in the Lutheran western part of Latvia. The ...
(dissolved in 1956).
Demographics
At the time of the
Russian Empire Census
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of 1897, ''Kreis Hasenpoth'' had a population of 53,209. Of these, 90.4% spoke
Latvian, 5.4%
German
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* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
, 2.5%
Yiddish
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, 1.0%
Lithuanian, 0.4%
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
, 0.2%
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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and 0.1%
Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnicities
* Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia
** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule
* Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...
as their native language.
References
External links
{{List of former Latvian counties and districts
Uezds of Courland Governorate