Geokchay Uyezd

The Geokchay Uyezd (Russian: Геокчайский уезд, Azerbaijani: Göyçay qəzası) was one of the uyezds (counties) within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929 by the Soviet authorities. The uyezd was located in the central part of the uyezd, bordering the Kuba Uyezd to the north, the Shemakhi Uyezd to the east, the Javad Uyezd to the south and the Elisabethpol Governorate to the west.[1] The administrative center of the uyezd was Geokchay (Goychay).[2]

Geokchay Uyezd
Геокчайский уезд
Coat of arms
CountryRussian Empire
Political statusUyezd
GovernorateBaku
Established1868
Abolished1929
Area
 • Total5,322 km2 (2,055 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total134,098
 • Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)

History

The Geokchay Uyezd was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire.[3]

It was later abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities during an administrative reorganisation of the region into rayons.[4]

Demographics

Russian Imperial Census of 1897

According to the Russian Imperial Census of 1897, there were 117,705 residents in the Geokchay Uyezd, 64,133 of whom were men and 53,572 were women. The ethnic composition indicated an overwhelming (Azerbaijani) Tatar majority:

Area Azerbaijani Tatars Tats Kyurin-Lezgins Jews Russians Armenians Avar-Andeans Other TOTAL
Geokchay 92,962 3,995 2,045 847 2,475 12,994 1,772 615 117,705
79.0% 3.4% 1.7% 0.7% 2.1% 11.0% 1.5% 0.5% 100.0%

Caucasian Calendar of 1917

The 1917 Caucasian Calendar which produced statistics of 1916 indicates 134,098 residents in the Geokchay Uyezd, including 73,891 men and 60,207 women, 127,650 of whom were the permanent population, and 6,448 were temporary residents:[5]

Area Russians Other Europeans Armenians North Caucasians Other Asian Nationalities Jews TOTAL
Orthodox Sectarian Shia Muslim Sunni Muslim
Geokchay Uyezd 975 2,321 3 17,207 153 48,681 63,943 815 134,098
0.7% 1.7% 0.0% 12.8% 0.1% 36.3% 47.7% 0.6% 100.0%

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 105. Salyan became the administrative and cultural center of Javad gaza that was established within the Baku province in February of 1868
  3. "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 3.
  4. "Administrative Territorial Division" (PDF). preslib.az. p. 3.
  5. Кавказский календарь .... на 1917 год (in Russian). pp. 349–352.
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