Elizavetpol uezd
The Elizavetpol uezd, also known as the Ganja uezd after 1918, was a county (uezd) of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire, and later of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolition in 1929. The area of the Elizavetpol uezd corresponds to the modern-day Gadabay, Shamkir, Dashkasan, Goygol, and Samukh districts of Azerbaijan.
Elizavetpol uezd
Елисаветпольскій уѣздъ | |
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Uezd | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location in the Elizavetpol Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Elizavetpol |
| Established | 1840 |
| Abolished | 1929 |
| Capital | Yelisavetpol (present-day Ganja) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,930.73 km2 (3,834.28 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 272,477 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 21.19% |
| • Rural | 78.81% |
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