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Płock Governorate (russian: Плоцкая губернияя pl, Gubernia Płocka) was an administrative unit ( governorate) of Congress Poland.
It was created in 1837 from the Płock Voivodship, and had the same borders and capital (
*By the Imperial census of 1897.Language Statistics of 1897
In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
Płock
Płock (pronounced ) is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by GUS on 31 December 2021, there were 116,962 inhabitants in the city. Its full ceremonial name, according to th ...
) as the voivodship
A voivodeship is the area administered by a voivode (Governor) in several countries of central and eastern Europe. Voivodeships have existed since medieval times and the area of extent of voivodeship resembles that of a duchy in western medieva ...
. In 1867 territories of the Augustów Governorate and the Płock Governorate were divided into a smaller Płock Governorate, Suwałki Governorate
Suwałki Governorate (russian: Сувалкская губерния, pl, gubernia suwalska, lt, Suvalkų gubernija) was a guberniya, governorate (administrative area) of Congress Poland ("Russian Poland") which had its seat in the city of Suwał ...
(consisting mostly of the Augustów Governorate territories) and recreated Łomża Governorate
Łomża Governorate (russian: link=no, Ломжская губерния; pl, Gubernia łomżyńska) was an administrative unit ( guberniya) of Congress Poland with seat in Łomża.
History
In 1867 territories of the Augustów Governorate and t ...
.
The Governorate consisted of eight counties (''uyezd
An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...
s''):
*Ciechanowski
*Lipnowski
*Mławski,
*Płocki
*Płoński
*Przasnyski
*Rypiński
*Sierpecki
Language
*By the Imperial census of 1897.In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
References and notes
External links
* Gubernia płocka w ''Słowniku geograficznym Królestwa Polskiego'' i innych krajów słowiańskich, Tom VIII (Perepiatycha — Pożajście) z 1887 r. *Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland
The Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Countries ( pl, Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich) is a monumental Polish gazetteer, published 1880–1902 in Warsaw
Warsaw ( p ...
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Governorates of Congress Poland
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States and territories established in 1837