Kovno Governorate

Kovno Governorate
Governorate
Coat of arms of Kovno Governorate
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Location in the Russian Empire
CountryRussian Empire
KraiNorthwestern
Established1843
Abolished1918
CapitalKovno
Area
 • Total
40,641.36 km2 (15,691.72 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total
1,544,564
 • Density38.00473/km2 (98.43180/sq mi)

Kovno Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kovno (Kaunas). It was formed on 18 December 1842 by Tsar Nicholas I from the western part of Vilna Governorate, and the order was carried out on 1 July 1843. It was part of the Vilna Governorate-General and Northwestern Krai. The governorate included almost the entire Lithuanian region of Samogitia and the northern part of Aukštaitija.

Counties

The governorate was divided into seven uyezds:[1]

CountyCounty SeatArea (km2)Population in 1897Population in 1914
1897[2]
Kovensky UyezdKovno 70.9204,029227,431301,800
Novoalexandrovsky UyezdNovoaleksandrovsk 6.3595,437208,487242,300
Ponevezhsky UyezdPonevezh 12.9686,215222,881259,700
Rossiyensky UyezdRossiyeny 7.4556,485235,362279,200
Shavelsky UyezdShavli 16.1286,922237,934294,500
Telshevsky UyezdTelshi 6.2055,306183,351216,000
Vilkomirsky UyezdVilkomir 13.5325,866229,188263,600
Total 40,2601,544,5641,857,100

Notes

  1. ↑

References

  1. ↑ Vaitiekūnas, Stasys (2006). Lietuvos gyventojai: Per du tūkstantmečius (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas. pp. 86, 121. ISBN 5-420-01585-4.
  2. ↑ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". www.demoscope.ru. Retrieved 10 October 2024.

Further reading

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