Irgizsky Uyezd (''Ирги́зский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Turgay Oblast of the

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. It was situated in the southwestern part of the oblast. Its administrative centre was Irgiz (

Yrgyz Yrgyz ( kz, Ырғыз, ''Yrğyz'') is a selo in Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan. It is located by the Irgiz River. Yrgyz serves as the administrative center of Yrgyz District.National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The National Geospatial-Intell ...

Demographics

At the time of 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, Irgizsky Uyezd had a population of 98,697. Of these, 98.4% spoke Kazakh, 0.9%

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, 0.5%

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in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

and 0.1% Uzbek as their native language.
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References

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