Etchmiadzin Uyezd

Etchmiadzin Uyezd

Эчмиадзинский уезд
Etchmiadzin Uyezd Эчмиадзинский уезд
Uezd
	Coat of arms
	Location in the Erivan Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Erivan
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Established	1849
Abolished	1930
Seat	Etchmaidzin (Vagharshapat)
Uchastoks	First, second, and third
Area
• Total	3,858 km2 (1,490 sq mi)
Population (1916)
• Total	167,786
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)

The Etchmiadzin Uyezd (Russian: Эчмиадзинский уезд; Armenian: Էջմիածնի գավառ) was an uezd (county) of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Alexandropol Uezd to the north, the Nor Bayazet Uyezd to the east, Erivan Uyezd to the north, the Surmalu Uyezd to the south, and the Kars Oblast to the west. It included all of the Armavir Province and most of the Aragatsotn Province of present-day Armenia. Its administrative center was the town of Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat), the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the spiritual capital of all Armenians.^[1]

Administrative divisions[]

The Etchmiadzin Uyezd was split into 3 unnamed contiguous uchastoks (subcounties):

1st (1-ий участок)
2nd (2-ий участок)
3rd (3-ий участок)

Demographics[]

Russian Imperial Census of 1897[]

According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the district was 124,237, the majority of which were Armenians (62.4%). Minorities included Tatars (modern Azerbaijanis; 29%) and Kurds (8%).^[2] The largest settlement in the district was Etchmiadzin, which had a total population of 5,267, of which the overwhelming majority (95%) were Armenians.^[3]

Caucasian Calendar of 1917[]

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 167,786 residents in the Etchmiadzin Uyezd, including 86,716 men and 81,070 women, 148,794 of whom were the permanent population, and 18,992 were temporary residents. The statistics indicated an overwhelmingly ethnic Armenian population with sizeable Azerbaijani, Kurdish and Yezidi minorities:^[4]

Nationality	Etchmiadzin
Armenians	115,026	68.6%
Azerbaijanis	41,310	24.6%
Kurds	9,653	5.8%
Yezidis	1,118	0.7%
Gypsies	410	0.2%
Assyrians	186	0.1%
TOTAL	167,786	100.0%

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.
^ (in Russian) 1897 Census, Echmiadzin Uyezd Demoscope Weekly
^ (in Russian) 1897 Census, Vagharshapat Village Demoscope Weekly
^ Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). pp. 367–370.