The Shorapani ''uezd'' was a county ('' uezd'') of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. It bordered the Racha uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the west, and the

Tiflis Governorate The Tiflis Governorate was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire with its administrative center in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi). In 1897, it constituted 44,607 sq. kilometres in area and had a population ...

to the east. The area of the '' uezd'' corresponded to most of the contemporary

Imereti Imereti (Georgian: იმერეთი) is a region of Georgia situated in the central-western part of the republic along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni River. Imereti is the most populous region in Georgia. It consists of 11 municip ...

region of Georgia. The administrative center of the Shorapani ''uezd'' was Kvirila (present-day Zestaponi).

History

The Shorapani ''uezd'' was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of

during the time of the

. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Shorapani ''uezd'' was incorporated into part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

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 Shorapani ''uezd'' in 1913 were as folows:

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

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 ...

, the Shorapani ''uezd'' had a population of 156,633 on , including 74,366 men and 56,826 women. The majority of the population indicated

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to be their mother tongue, with significant Imeretian and Mingrelian speaking minorities.

''Kavkazskiy kalendar''

According to the 1917 publication of ''

Kavkazskiy kalendar ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' (russian: Кавка́зский календа́рь, lit=Caucasian calendar) was an annual almanac published in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) in the Russian Empire by the office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus, published ...

'', the Shorapani ''uezd'' had a population of 189,428 on , including 100,322 men and 89,106 women, 179,353 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,075 were temporary residents:

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