The Etchmiadzin uezd was a county (''
uezd'') of the
Erivan Governorate of the
Caucasus Viceroyalty of the
Russian Empire. The ''uezd'' bordered the
Alexandropol uezd to the north, the
Nor Bayazet uezd to the east,
Erivan uezd
The Erivan uezd was a county (''uezd'') of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The ''uezd'' bordered the Etchmiadzin and Surmalu ''uezds'' to the west, the Nor Bayazet uezd to the east, the Sharur-Daralayaz u ...
to the north, the
Surmalu uezd to the south, and the
Kars Oblast to the west. It included all of the
Armavir Province
Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավիր, Արմավիր, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the n ...
and most of the
Aragatsotn Province of present-day
Armenia. The county's administrative center was the town of Vagorshapat (
Vagharshapat), also referred to as Etchmiadzin—the administrative capital of the
Armenian Apostolic Church.
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (''
uchastoks'') of the Etchmiadzin uezd in 1912 were as follows:
Demographics
Russian Empire census (1897)
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 ...
of 1897, the Etchmiadzin uezd had a population of 124,237, including 65,072 men and 59,165 women. The majority of the population indicated
Armenian to be their mother tongue, with significant Tatar (later known as
Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani may refer to:
* Something of, or related to Azerbaijan
* Azerbaijanis
* Azerbaijani language
See also
* Azerbaijan (disambiguation)
* Azeri (disambiguation)
* Azerbaijani cuisine
* Culture of Azerbaijan
The culture of Azerbaijan ...
) and
Kurdish speaking minorities.
Caucasian Calendar (1917)
According to the 1917 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', the Etchmiadzin uezd had 167,786 residents in 1916, including 86,716 men and 81,070 women, 148,794 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,992 were temporary residents. The statistics indicated an overwhelmingly
Armenian population with sizeable
Shia Muslim and
Kurdish minorities:
Notes
References
Bibliography
*
*
{{coord, 40, 10, 22, N, 44, 17, 33, E, display=title
Vagharshapat
Aragatsotn Province
Armavir Province
Uezds of Erivan Governorate