Baku uezd
Бакинский уезд | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
 Location in the Baku Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Baku |
| Established | 1840 |
| Abolished | 1929 |
| Capital | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,970.59 km2 (1,146.95 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 16,268 |
| • Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
The Baku uezd[a] was a county (uezd) within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929. The uezd was located in eastern part of the Baku Governorate, bordering Caspian Sea to the east, Shemakha uezd to the west, Kuba uezd to the north and Lenkoran uezd to the south.[1] The administrative center of the uezd was the village Sarai (present-day Saray).[2]
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- ^ Tsutsiev 2014, p. 59.
- ^ "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 9.