The Senaki uezd was a county (''
uezd'') of the
Kutaisi Governorate of the
Caucasus Viceroyalty of the
Russian Empire. It bordered the
Zugdidi uezd to the west, the
Lechkhumi uezd to the north, the
Kutaisi uezd to the east, and the
Ozurgeti uezd to the south. The area of the ''
uezd'' corresponded to most of the contemporary
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti (Georgian: სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი) is a region (Mkhare) in western Georgia with a population of 308,358 (2021) and a surface of . The region has Zugdidi as its administrative center, w ...
region of Georgia. The Senaki uezd was eponymously named for its administrative center,
Senaki.
History
The Senaki uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of
Samegrelo during the time of the
Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Senaki uezd was incorporated into part of the
Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (''
uchastoks'') of the Senaki uezd were:
Demographics
Russian Empire census (1897)
According to the
Russian Empire census
The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 ( pre-reform Russian: ) was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire (the Grand Duchy of Finland was excluded). It recorded demographic data as ...
of 1897, the Senaki uezd had a population of 115,785, including 58,585 men and 57,200 women. The majority of the population indicated
Mingrelian to be their mother tongue, with a significant
Georgian speaking minority.
Caucasian Calendar (1917)
According to the 1917 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', the Senaki uezd had 159,678 residents in 1916, including 86,448 men and 73,230 women, 149,112 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,566 were temporary residents:
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Uezds of Kutaisi Governorate