Javad uezd
Javad Uyezd
Джеватскій уѣздъ | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the Baku Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Baku |
| Established | 1868 |
| Abolished | 1929 |
| Capital | Salyan |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,556.27 km2 (3,689.70 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 162,305 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
The Javad Uyezd (pre-reform Russian: Джеватскій уѣздъ; Template:Lang-az) was the largest administrative unit 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 authorities. The uyezd was located in the central part of the uyezd, bordering the Geokchay and Shamakhi and Baku uyezds to the north, Caspian sea to the east, Lankaran Uyezd to the south and Persia to the west.[1] The administrative center of the uyezd was Salyan.[2] After Azerbaijan SSR was established, the uyezd was renamed to Salyan Uyezd.[3]
History
Javad Uyezd was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire.[4]
It was abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities.[5]
Demographics
According to the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 94,690 people lived in the uyezd, mainly Azerbaijanis (then called Tatars)[6]
Russian Empire census (1897)
According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, 90,043 people lived in the uyezd, of which 11,787 were in the city of Salyan.[7] The census recorded 84,054 native speakers of Azerbaijan (the census indicates “tatar”) as the native language and 4,009 russian.[8]
According to the 1926 census, the population of the uyezd was 129,367.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus. Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 59. ISBN 9780300153088.
- ^ "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 105.
Salyan became the administrative and cultural center of Javad gaza that was established within the Baku province in February of 1868
- ^ "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-22.
Arash and Javad uyezds were renamed to Aghdash and Salyan uyezds
- ^ "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-22.
- ^ "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-22.
- ^ "Джеватский уезд" (in Russian). Энциклопедия Брокгауз-Ефрон.
- ^ "Первая Всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи 1897 года. Наличное население в губерниях, уездах, городах Российской Империи (без Финляндии)" (in Russian). Демоскоп.
- ^ "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г. Распределение населения по родному языку и уездам Российской Империи кроме губерний Европейской России" (in Russian). Демоскоп.
- ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1926 г. Сальянский уезд