The Javad uezd, known after 1921 as the Salyan uezd, was a county (''

uezd 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 e ...

'') within the

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of the

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and then of the

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic), or simply as Azerbaijan in Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920,''Bulletin d'Information de l'Azerbaidjan'', No. I, September 1, 1919, pp. 6–7''125 H.C.Debs.'', 58., February 24, 1920, p. 1467. Caucasian Az ...

and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929 by the Soviet authorities. The ''uezd'' was located in the central part of the governorate, bordering the Geokchay,

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, and Baku ''uezds'' to the north,

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to the east, Lenkoran uezd to the south and

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to the west. The administrative center of the ''uezd'' was the city of Salyan.

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (''

uchastok An uchastok (russian: yча́сток}, plural russian: yча́стки, translit=uchastki, label=none), or dilyanka in Ukrainian usage ( uk, ділянка, plural uk, ділянки, translit=dilyanki, label=none), was a territorial-administrat ...

s'') of the Javad uezd in 1912 were as follows:

History

Javad uezd was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities.

Demographics

According to the

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, published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 94,690 people lived in the uezd, mainly Tatars (later known as

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)

Russian Empire census (1897)

According to the Russian Empire census of 1897, the Javad uezd had a population of 90,043, including 51,489 men and 38,554 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar (later known as

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) to be their mother tongue, with a significant

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speaking minority.

Caucasian Calendar (1917)

According to the 1917 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', the Javad uezd had 162,305 residents in 1916, including 83,955 men and 78,350 women, 144,376 of whom were the permanent population, and 17,929 were temporary residents:

Soviet census (1926)

According to the 1926 census, the population of the uezd was 129,367.Всесоюзная перепись населения 1926 г. Сальянский уезд
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