Tiflis Governorate
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Tiflis Governorate[lower-alpha 1] was a province (guberniya) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire with its administrative centre in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi). In 1897, it constituted 44,607 square kilometres (17,223 sq mi) in area and had a population of 1,051,032 inhabitants.[1] Tiflis Governorate bordered Elizavetpol Governorate to the southeast, Erivan Governorate to the south, Kars Oblast to the southwest, Batum Oblast to the west, Kutaisi Governorate to the northwest, Terek Oblast to the north, Dagestan Oblast to the northeast, and after 1905, the Zakatal Okrug to the east. The governorate covered areas of central and southeastern Georgia, the partially recognised state of South Ossetia, most of the Lori Province of Armenia, small parts of northwestern Azerbaijan, and a minuscule southern part of Ingushetia of Russia.
Tiflis Governorate
Тифлисская губерния | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Established | 1846 |
Abolished | 1917 |
Capital | Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) |
Area | |
• Total | 40,861.03 km2 (15,776.53 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 5,034 m (16,516 ft) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 1,473,308 |
• Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
• Urban | 40.90% |
• Rural | 59.10% |