The Geokchay ''uezd'' was a county ('' uezd'') of the

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of the

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and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and

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until its formal abolishment in 1929. The ''uezd ''was located in the central part of the governorate, bordering the

Kuba uezd The Kuba uezd was a county (''uezd'') within the Baku Governorate of Russian Empire and then of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolition in 1929 by Soviet authorities. The ''uezd'' was located in northern part o ...

to the north, the

Shemakha uezd The Shemakha ''uezd'' was a county (''uezd'') within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire, and then of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929. The county was located in central part of the Bak ...

to the east, the

Javad uezd The Javad uezd, known after 1921 as the Salyan uezd, was a county ('' uezd'') within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929 by the Soviet a ...

to the south and the Elizavetpol Governorate to the west. The administrative center of the ''uezd'' was the city of Geokchay (present-day Goychay).

History

The Geokchay ''uezd'' was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was later abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities during an administrative reorganisation of the region into rayons.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties ('' uchastoks'') of the Geokchay ''uezd'' in 1912 were as follows:

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 Geokchay ''uezd'' had a population of 117,705 on , including 64,133 men and 53,572 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Tat 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 Geokchay ''uezd'' had 134,098 residents on , including 73,891 men and 60,207 women, 127,650 of whom were the permanent population, and 6,448 were temporary residents:

Soviet census (1926)

According to the 1926 census, the population of the ''uezd'' was 172,851.

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Bibliography

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