The Aleksandriya uezd was a county (''

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'') of the

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of the

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. It bordered the Chigirin uezd of the

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to the north, the Kremenchug uezd to the northeast, the Verkhnedneprovsk uezd of the

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to the east, the Kherson uezd to the south, and the Elisavetgrad uezd to the west. The Aleksandriya uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center, Aleksandriya (modern-day

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Administrative divisions

The subcounties ('' volosts'') of the Aleksandriya uezd in 1912 were as follows:

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census on , the Aleksandriya uezd had a population of 416,576, including 209,168 men and 207,408 women. The majority of the population indicated

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to be their mother tongue, with significant Great Russian and

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speaking minorities.

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References

{{Reflist Uezds of Kherson Governorate Kherson Governorate