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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

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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

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References

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  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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54°54′00″N 23°56′00″E / 54.9000°N 23.9333°E / 54.9000; 23.9333


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