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Elizavetpol Governorate
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The Elizavetpol Governorate,[lower-alpha 1] also known after 1918 as the Ganja Governorate,[lower-alpha 2] was a province (guberniya) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yelisavetpol (present-day Ganja). The area of the governorate stretched 38,922.43 square versts (44,296.15 square kilometres; 17,102.84 square miles) and was composed of 1,275,131 inhabitants in 1916. The Elizavetpol Governorate bordered the Erivan Governorate to the west, the Tiflis Governorate and Zakatal Okrug to the north, the Dagestan Oblast to the northeast, the Baku Governorate to the east, and Iran to the south.
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Elizavetpol Governorate
Елисаветпольская губернія | |
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![]() Administrative map of the Elizavetpol Governorate | |
Country | Russian Empire |
Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
Established | 1867 |
Abolished | 1920 |
Capital | Yelisavetpol (present-day Ganja) |
Area | |
• Total | 44,296.15 km2 (17,102.84 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 4,466 m (14,652 ft) |
Population (1916) | |
• Total | 1,275,131 |
• Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
• Urban | 12.24% |
• Rural | 87.76% |
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