The Batumi okrug was a district (''
okrug'') of the
Batum Oblast
Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ) is the second largest city of Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia's southwest. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of th ...
of the
Russian Empire existing between 1878 and 1918. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, the town of Batum (present-day
Batumi), now part of
Adjara
Adjara ( ka, აჭარა ''Ach’ara'' ) or Achara, officially known as the Autonomous Republic of Adjara ( ka, აჭარის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა ''Ach’aris Avt’onomiuri Resp’ublik’a'' ...
within
Georgia. The ''okrug'' bordered with the
Artvin okrug in the south, the
Ardahan okrug of the
Kars Oblast to the southeast, the
Tiflis Governorate to the northeast, the
Kutaisi Governorate (of which it was a part in 1883–1903) to the north, and the
Trebizond Vilayet of the
Ottoman Empire to the west.
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (''
uchastoks'') of the Batumi ''okrug'' were:
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the
Russian Empire Census
The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 ( pre-reform Russian: ) was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire (the Grand Duchy of Finland was excluded). It recorded demographic data as ...
, the Batumi okrug had a population of 88,444 on , including 53,149 men and 35,295 women. The majority of the population indicated
Georgian
Georgian may refer to:
Common meanings
* Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country)
** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
**Georgian scripts, three scrip ...
to be their mother tongue, with significant
Russian,
Armenian and
Greek speaking minorities.
''Kavkazskiy kalendar''
According to the 1917 publication of ''
Kavkazskiy kalendar
''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' (russian: Кавка́зский календа́рь, lit=Caucasian calendar) was an annual almanac published in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) in the Russian Empire by the office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus, published ...
'', the Batumi ''okrug'' had a population of 85,397 on , including 47,532 men and 37,865 women, 61,347 of whom were the permanent population, and 24,050 were temporary residents:
Notes
References
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See also
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Kars Oblast
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Treaty of San Stefano
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Treaty of Berlin (1878)
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Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)
Modern history of Georgia (country)
History of Adjara
19th century in Georgia (country)
1900s in Georgia (country)
1910s in Georgia (country)
States and territories established in 1878
States and territories disestablished in 1883
States and territories established in 1903
States and territories disestablished in 1917
1870s establishments in Georgia (country)
1917 disestablishments in Georgia (country)
1878 establishments in the Russian Empire
1880s disestablishments in the Russian Empire
1903 establishments in the Russian Empire
1917 disestablishments in Russia