The Javad uezd, known after 1921 as the Salyan uezd, was a county (uezd) within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929 by the Soviet authorities. The uezd was located in the central part of the governorate, bordering the Geokchay, Shemakha, and Baku uezds to the north, Caspian Sea to the east, Lenkoran uezd to the south and Iran to the west. The administrative center of the uezd was the city of Salyan.

Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Javad uezd in 1917 were as follow:

Name	Administrative centre	1912 population	Area
Bozhepromysdomskiy prefecture (Божепромысдовский участок)	Bozhiy Promysel	26,801	3,336.22 square versts (3,796.83 km; 1,465.96 sq mi)
Dzhevatskiy prefecture (Джеватский участок)	Petropavlovka (Sabirabad)	24,519	2,178.06 square versts (2,478.77 km; 957.06 sq mi)
Muganskiy prefecture (Муганский участок)	Karadonly (Qaradonlu)	34,972	2,882.69 square versts (3,280.68 km; 1,266.68 sq mi)
Belyasvarskiy rayon (Белясварский район)	Belyasuvar (Biləsuvar)	3,547	–

History

Javad uezd was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities.

Demographics

According to the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 94,690 people lived in the uezd, mainly Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis).

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Javad uezd had a population of 90,043 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 51,489 men and 38,554 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking minority.

Linguistic composition of the Javad uezd in 1897

Language	Native speakers	%
Tatar	84,054	93.35
Russian	4,009	4.45
Armenian	699	0.78
Ukrainian	619	0.69
Avar-Andean	152	0.17
Persian	147	0.16
Georgian	122	0.14
Kyurin	79	0.09
Polish	60	0.07
German	29	0.03
Jewish	8	0.01
Belarusian	7	0.01
Greek	7	0.01
Mordovian	5	0.01
Lithuanian	4	0.00
Other	42	0.05
TOTAL	90,043	100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Javad uezd had a population of 162,305 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 83,955 men and 78,350 women, 144,376 of whom were the permanent population, and 17,929 were temporary residents:

Nationality	Number	%
Shia Muslims	127,440	78.52
Russians	26,128	16.10
Sunni Muslims	7,688	4.74
Armenians	984	0.61
Jews	41	0.03
Other Europeans	24	0.01
TOTAL	162,305	100.00

Soviet census (1926)

According to the 1926 census, the population of the uezd was 129,367.

See also

• Javad Khanate