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.
Signakh uezd
Сигнахскій уѣздъ | |
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Location in the Tiflis Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Tiflis |
| Established | 1801 |
| Abolished | 1929 |
| Capital | Signakh (present-day Signagi) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,022.39 km2 (2,325.26 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
| • Total | 153,864 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (66/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11.48% |
| • Rural | 88.52% |
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