Signakh uezd
# Signakh uezd

The Signakh uezd was a county (uezd) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative centre in Signakh (present-day Signagi). The area of the county roughly corresponded to the contemporary Kakheti region of Georgia.

## History

Following the Russian Revolution, the Signakh uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.

## Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Signakh uezd in 1913 were as follows:

| Name | 1912 population | Area |
| - | - | - |
| Bakurtsikhskiy uchastok (Бакурцихскій участокъ) | 23,881 | 1,170.96 square versts (1,332.63 $km^2;$ 514.53 sq mi) |
| Kodalskiy uchastok (Кодальскій участокъ) | 50,638 | 1,205.14 square versts (1,371.52 $km^2;$ 529.55 sq mi) |
| Nizhne-Machkhaanskiy uchastok (Нижне-Мачхаанскій участокъ) | 53,588 | 733.29 square versts (834.53 $km^2;$ 322.21 sq mi) |
| Shirakskiy uchastok (Ширакскій участокъ) | 6,222 | 2,182.40 square versts (2,483.71 $km^2;$ 958.96 sq mi) |
| Zaalazanskiy raion (Заалазанскій раіонъ) | 12,645 | – |

## Demographics

### Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Signakh uezd had a population of 102,313 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 55,958 men and 46,355 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Tatar speaking minorities.

Linguistic composition of the Signakh uezd in 1897 :

| Language | Native speakers | % |
| - | - | - |
| Georgian | 84,827 | 82.91 |
| Armenian | 6,392 | 6.25 |
| Tatar | 5,272 | 5.15 |
| Russian | 4,413 | 4.31 |
| Ukrainian | 447 | 0.44 |
| Avar-Andean | 279 | 0.27 |
| Lithuanian | 187 | 0.18 |
| Polish | 126 | 0.12 |
| Jewish | 108 | 0.11 |
| Belarusian | 50 | 0.05 |
| German | 44 | 0.04 |
| Imeretian | 39 | 0.04 |
| Ossetian | 30 | 0.03 |
| Czech | 12 | 0.01 |
| Persian | 11 | 0.01 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 10 | 0.01 |
| Greek | 8 | 0.01 |
| Mingrelian | 8 | 0.01 |
| Latvian | 6 | 0.01 |
| Dargin | 4 | 0.00 |
| Italian | 1 | 0.00 |
| Kist | 1 | 0.00 |
| Kyurin | 1 | 0.00 |
| Other | 37 | 0.04 |
| TOTAL | 102,313 | 100.00 |

### Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Signakh uezd had a population of 153,864 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 80,670 men and 73,194 women, 148,646 of whom were the permanent population, and 5,218 were temporary residents:

| Nationality | Urban | Urban | Rural | Rural | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nationality | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| Georgians | 8,493 | 48.09 | 109,790 | 80.61 | 118,283 | 76.88 |
| Armenians | 8,970 | 50.79 | 6,038 | 4.43 | 15,008 | 9.75 |
| Russians | 179 | 1.01 | 11,500 | 8.44 | 11,679 | 7.59 |
| Shia Muslims | 0 | 0.00 | 3,275 | 2.40 | 3,275 | 2.13 |
| Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 3,201 | 2.35 | 3,201 | 2.08 |
| Sunni Muslims | 0 | 0.00 | 1,862 | 1.37 | 1,862 | 1.21 |
| Jews | 7 | 0.04 | 324 | 0.24 | 331 | 0.22 |
| North Caucasians | 0 | 0.00 | 210 | 0.15 | 210 | 0.14 |
| Other Europeans | 13 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.00 | 15 | 0.01 |
| TOTAL | 17,662 | 100.00 | 136,202 | 100.00 | 153,864 | 100.00 |
