The Shemakha ''uezd'' was a county ('' uezd'') within the

Baku Governorate The Baku Governorate, known before 1859 as the Shemakha Governorate, was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its center in the booming metropolis and Caspian Sea port of Baku. Area (1897): 34,400 sq ...

of the

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, and then of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and

Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

until its formal abolishment in 1929. The county was located in central part of the Baku Governorate, bordering the Javad uezd to the south,

Baku uezd The Baku 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 ''uezd'' was located in eastern part of the Baku Govern ...

to the east,

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

to the west and

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 administrative centre of the county was the city of Shemakha (present-day

Shamakhi Shamakhi ( az, Şamaxı, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving it ...

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (''

uchastok An uchastok (russian: yча́сток}, plural russian: yча́стки, translit=uchastki, label=none), or dilyanka in Ukrainian usage ( uk, ділянка, plural uk, ділянки, translit=dilyanki, label=none), was a territorial-administrat ...

s'') of the Shemakha ''uezd'' in 1912 were as follows:

History

The county was established in 1840 and was initially made part of the Caspian Oblast, and later became the capital of the Shemakha Governorate in 1846. But due to an earthquake in 1859, the city and most of the county suffered great damage. Subsequently, capital of the Shemakha Governorate was moved from Shemakha to

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

and the governorate was renamed Baku Governorate.Документы по истории Баку. 1810—1917. — Баку, 1978, с. 69

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the

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, the Shemakha ''uezd'' had a population of 121,842 on , including 64,732 men and 57,110 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar to be their mother tongue, with significant

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, Russian, and Tat speaking minorities.

''Kavkazskiy kalendar''

According to the 1917 publication of '' Kavkazskiy kalendar'', the Shemakha ''uezd'' had a population of 161,552 on , including 86,659 men and 74,893 women, 159,621 of whom were the permanent population, and 1,931 were temporary residents:

Soviet census (1926)

In 1926, the population of the county declined to 91,185.

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References

Bibliography

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