Zakatal okrug
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The Zakatal okrug[lower-alpha 1] was a special administrative district (okrug) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, part of the Tiflis Governorate from 1893 to 1905. The administrative centre of the district was Zakataly (present-day Zaqatala), and it corresponded to most of the contemporary districts of Balakan, Zaqatala and Qax of Azerbaijan. The Zakatal okrug was established from the territories of the erstwhile Free Jamaats of Jar-Balakan, bordering the Tiflis Governorate to the west, the Elizavetpol Governorate to the south and the Dagestan Oblast to the north. The district was the smallest independent (not part of any province or region) administrative unit of the Russian Empire, similarly to the Sukhumi okrug.
Zakatal okrug
Закатальскій округъ | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Established | 1859 |
Abolished | 1918 |
Capital | Zakataly (present-day Zaqatala) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,985.77 km2 (1,538.91 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 92,608 |
• Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
• Urban | 4.86% |
• Rural | 95.14% |