Baku Governorate
1846–1917 governorate of the Russian Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Baku Governorate,[lower-alpha 1] known before 1859 as the Shemakha Governorate,[lower-alpha 2] 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. versts, population (1897): 789,659.[2] The Baku Governorate bordered Persia to the south, the Elizavetpol Governorate (the Tiflis and Erivan governorates before 1868) to the west, the Dagestan Oblast to the north, and the Baku gradonachalstvo to the east on the Absheron Peninsula.
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Baku Governorate
Бакинская губерния | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Established | 1846 |
Abolished | 1920 |
Capital | Baku |
Area | |
• Total | 37,948.97 km2 (14,652.18 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 4,466 m (14,652 ft) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 875,746 |
• Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
• Urban | 8.28% |
• Rural | 91.72% |
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