The Zugdidi uezd was a county (''

uezd An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the ...

'') of the

Kutaisi Governorate The Kutaisi or Kutais Governorate was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of western Georgia throughout most of its existence, and most of the Artvin Province (except t ...

of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

. It bordered the Sukhumi Okrug to the north, the

Lechkhumi uezd The Lechkhumi ''uezd'' was a county (''uezd'') of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Terek and Kuban ''oblasts'' to the north, the Sukhumi Okrug to the west, the Zugdidi, Senaki, and Kut ...

to the east, the Senaki uezd to the south, and the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal sea, marginal Mediterranean sea (oceanography), mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bound ...

to the west. The area of the Zugdidi ''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 ...

region of

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

. The county was eponymously named for its administrative center,

Zugdidi Zugdidi ( ka, ზუგდიდი ; or ზუგიდი) is a city in the western Georgian historical province of Samegrelo (Mingrelia). It is situated in the north-west of that province. The city is located 318 kilometres west of Tbilisi, 3 ...

History

The Zugdidi ''uezd'' was formed in 1867 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory during the time of the

. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Zugdidi ''uezd'' was incorporated into the

Democratic Republic of Georgia The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; ka, საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა, tr) was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia (country), Georgia, which exist ...

Administrative divisions

The subcounties (''

uchastok An ''uchastok'' () or police prefecture () was a territorial-administrative unit of the Russian Empire and early Russian SFSR. Throughout most of modern Russian history, ''uchastoks'', which numbered 2,523 throughout the empire by 1914, were a thi ...

s'') of the Zugdidi ''uezd'' in 1913 were as follows:

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Zugdidi ''uezd'' had a population of 114,869 on , including 58,043 men and 56,826 women. The majority of the population indicated

Mingrelian Mingrelian may refer to: *the Mingrelians *the Mingrelian language The Mingrelian or Megrelian language ( ) is a Kartvelian language spoken in Western Georgia (regions of Mingrelia and Abkhazia), primarily by the Mingrelians. Mingrelian has hist ...

to be their mother tongue, with a significant Georgian speaking minority.

''Kavkazskiy kalendar''

According to the 1917 publication of ''

Kavkazskiy kalendar ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' (, ) was an annual almanac published in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) in the Russian Empire by the office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus from 1846 to 1917. History ''Kavkazskiy kalendar'' contained a large number of ethno ...

'', the Zugdidi ''uezd'' had a population of 127,978 on , including 65,001 men and 62,977 women, 127,805 of whom were the permanent population, and 173 were temporary residents:

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* * * * * {{coord, 42, 30, 38, N, 41, 51, 22, E, display=title 1840s establishments in Georgia (country) 1846 establishments in the Russian Empire Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917) 1910s disestablishments in Georgia (country) Kutaisi Governorate Modern history of Georgia (country) States and territories established in 1846 States and territories disestablished in 1918 Uezds of Kutaisi Governorate