Signakh uezd

{{italic title|string=uezd}} {{Infobox settlement | area_total_km2 = 6,022.39 | established_date = 1801 | established_title = Established | extinct_date = 1929 | extinct_title = Abolished | image_map = Signakh Uyezd of Tiflis Governorate.png | image_shield = Coat of arms of Tiflis Governorate 1878.svg | map_caption = Location in the Tiflis Governorate | mapsize = 220px | name = Signakh ''uezd'' | native_name = Сигнахскій уѣздъ | native_name_lang = ru | population_as_of = 1916 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_rural = 88.52% | population_total = 153,864 | population_urban = 11.48% | seat = Signakh<br>(present-day Signagi) | seat_type = Capital | settlement_type = ''Uezd'' | subdivision_name = Russian Empire | subdivision_name1 = Caucasus | subdivision_name2 = Tiflis | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = Viceroyalty | subdivision_type2 = Governorate | total_type = Total }} The '''Signakh ''uezd'''''{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{Langx|ru|Сигна́хскій уѣ́здъ|translit=Signákhsky uyézd|label=Russian}}|{{lang-ka|სიღნაღის მაზრა|tr}}}}}} was a county (''uezd'') of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative centre in Signakh (present-day Signagi).{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}} The area of the county corresponded to part of the contemporary Kakheti region of Georgia.

== History == Following the Russian Revolution, the Signakh ''uezd'' was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.{{sfn|Tsutsiev|2014}}

== Administrative divisions == The subcounties (''uchastoks'') of the Signakh ''uezd'' in 1913 were as follows:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1913 год|pp=164–175}} {| class="wikitable sortable" !Name !1912 population !Area |- |Bakurtsikhskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Бакурцихскій участокъ}}) | align="right" |23,881 |{{Convert|1170.96|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}} |- |Kodalskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Кодальскій участокъ}}) | align="right" |50,638 |{{Convert|1205.14|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}} |- |Nizhne-Machkhaanskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Нижне-Мачхаанскій участокъ}}) | align="right" |53,588 |{{Convert|733.29|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}} |- |Shirakskiy uchastok ({{Lang|ru|Ширакскій участокъ}}) | align="right" |6,222 |{{Convert|2182.40|verst2|km2 mi2|lk=on}} |- |Zaalazanskiy raion ({{Lang|ru|Заалазанскій раіонъ}}) | align="right" |12,645 | align="center" |– |}

== Demographics ==

=== 1897 Russian census === According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, the Signakh ''uezd'' had a population of 102,313 on {{OldStyleDate|28 January|1897|15 January}}, including 55,958 men and 46,355 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Tatar{{Caucasian Tatars}} speaking minorities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=542 |access-date=2022-06-30 |website=www.demoscope.ru}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Linguistic composition of the Signakh ''uezd'' in 1897<ref name=":0" /> !Language !Native speakers !% |- |Georgian | align="right" |84,827 | align="right" |82.91 |- |Armenian | align="right" |6,392 | align="right" |6.25 |- |Tatar{{efn|name=Caucasian Tatars}} | align="right" |5,272 | align="right" |5.15 |- |Russian | align="right" |4,413 | align="right" |4.31 |- |Ukrainian | align="right" |447 | align="right" |0.44 |- |Avar-Andean | align="right" |279 | align="right" |0.27 |- |Lithuanian | align="right" |187 | align="right" |0.18 |- |Polish | align="right" |126 | align="right" |0.12 |- |Jewish | align="right" |108 | align="right" |0.11 |- |Belarusian | align="right" |50 | align="right" |0.05 |- |German | align="right" |44 | align="right" |0.04 |- |Imeretian | align="right" |39 | align="right" |0.04 |- |Ossetian | align="right" |30 | align="right" |0.03 |- |Czech | align="right" |12 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Persian | align="right" |11 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Kazi-Kumukh | align="right" |10 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Greek | align="right" |8 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Mingrelian | align="right" |8 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Latvian | align="right" |6 | align="right" |0.01 |- |Dargin | align="right" |4 | align="right" |0.00 |- |Italian | align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 |- |Kist | align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 |- |Kyurin | align="right" |1 | align="right" |0.00 |- |Other | align="right" |37 | align="right" |0.04 |- !TOTAL !102,313 !100.00 |}

=== ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' === According to the 1917 publication of ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'', the Signakh ''uezd'' had a population of 153,864 on {{OldStyleDate|14 January|1916|1 January}}, including 80,670 men and 73,194 women, 148,646 of whom were the permanent population, and 5,218 were temporary residents:{{sfn|Кавказский календарь на 1917 год|pp=206–213}} {| class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" |Nationality ! colspan="2" |Urban ! colspan="2" |Rural ! colspan="2" |TOTAL |- !Number !% !Number !% !Number !% |- |Georgians | align="right" |8,493 | align="right" |48.09 | align="right" |109,790 | align="right" |80.61 | align="right" |118,283 | align="right" |76.88 |- |Armenians | align="right" |8,970 | align="right" |50.79 | align="right" |6,038 | align="right" |4.43 | align="right" |15,008 | align="right" |9.75 |- |Russians | align="right" |179 | align="right" |1.01 | align="right" |11,500 | align="right" |8.44 | align="right" |11,679 | align="right" |7.59 |- |Shia Muslims{{Efn|Primarily Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}} | align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |3,275 | align="right" |2.40 | align="right" |3,275 | align="right" |2.13 |- |Asiatic Christians | align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |3,201 | align="right" |2.35 | align="right" |3,201 | align="right" |2.08 |- |Sunni Muslims{{Efn|Primarily Turco-Tatars.{{sfn|Hovannisian|1971|p=67}}}} | align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |1,862 | align="right" |1.37 | align="right" |1,862 | align="right" |1.21 |- |Jews | align="right" |7 | align="right" |0.04 | align="right" |324 | align="right" |0.24 | align="right" |331 | align="right" |0.22 |- |North Caucasians | align="right" |0 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |210 | align="right" |0.15 | align="right" |210 | align="right" |0.14 |- |Other Europeans | align="right" |13 | align="right" |0.07 | align="right" |2 | align="right" |0.00 | align="right" |15 | align="right" |0.01 |- !TOTAL !17,662 !100.00 !136,202 !100.00 !153,864 !100.00 |}

== Notes == {{Notelist}}

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == {{Refbegin}} *{{Cite Armenia and Imperial Decline}} *{{Hovannisian: The Republic of Armenia|volume=1}} *{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1913}} *{{Cite Kavkazskiy Kalendar 1917}} *{{Cite Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus}} {{Refend}}

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