Etchmiadzin uezd
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The Etchmiadzin uezd[lower-alpha 1] was a county (uezd) of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The uezd bordered the Alexandropol uezd to the north, the Nor Bayazet uezd to the east, Erivan uezd to the north, the Surmalu uezd to the south, and the Kars Oblast to the west. It included all of the Armavir Province and most of the Aragatsotn Province of present-day Armenia. The administrative centre of the county was Vagorshapat (Vagharshapat), also referred to as Etchmiadzin—the administrative capital of the Armenian Apostolic Church.[2]
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Etchmiadzin uezd
Эчмиадзинский уезд | |
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Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Governorate | Erivan |
Established | 1849 |
Abolished | 1930 |
Capital | Vagorshapat (present-day Vagharshapat) |
Area | |
• Total | 3,684.36 km2 (1,422.54 sq mi) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 167,786 |
• Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
• Rural | 100.00% |
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