Baku Governorate

Baku Governorate
Бакинская губерния (Russian)
Coat of arms of Baku Governorate
Administrative map of the Baku Governorate (1905–1917)
Administrative map of the Baku Governorate (1905–1917)
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1846
Abolished1920
CapitalBaku
Area
 • Total
37,948.97 km2 (14,652.18 sq mi)
Highest elevation4,466 m (14,652 ft)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
875,746
 • Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
 • Urban
8.28%
 • Rural
91.72%

The Baku Governorate,[a] known before 1859 as the Shemakha Governorate,[b] 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.

  1. ^ Heydarov, Tale; Farrell, Janice; Peart, Ian (2011). "The announcement bringing to the people the Baku governor's decision on the establishment of peace between Armenians and Azerbaijanis". The Armenian Question in the Caucasus: Russian Archive Documents and Publications (in Russian and Azerbaijani). Apollo Books. pp. 190–191. ISBN 978-0-86372-405-3 – via Google Books. باكو غوبیرنیاسنڭ غوبرناتوری تاینی سوویتنڭ کنیاز ناکاسیدزی.
  2. ^ ЭСБЕ/Баку (in Russian). Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Retrieved 5 June 2016.


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