Senaki Uezd
History
The Senaki uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Samegrelo during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Senaki uezd was incorporated into part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Senaki uezd in 1913 were as follows:
Name | 1912 population |
---|---|
Abashskiy uchastok (Абашскій участокъ) | 20,740 |
Bandzinskiy uchastok (Бандзинскій участокъ) | 15,246 |
Martvilskiy uchastok (Мартвильскій участокъ) | 20,218 |
Senakskiy uchastok (Сенакскій участокъ) | 7,587 |
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Senaki uezd had a population of 115,785 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 58,585 men and 57,200 women. The majority of the population indicated Mingrelian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Georgian speaking minority.
Language | Native speakers | % |
---|---|---|
Mingrelian | 96,851 | 83.65 |
Georgian | 14,338 | 12.38 |
Russian | 1,395 | 1.20 |
Imeretian | 895 | 0.77 |
Armenian | 448 | 0.39 |
Jewish | 448 | 0.39 |
Greek | 401 | 0.35 |
Polish | 175 | 0.15 |
Turkish | 173 | 0.15 |
Ukrainian | 124 | 0.11 |
English | 85 | 0.07 |
Lithuanian | 72 | 0.06 |
German | 71 | 0.06 |
Tatar | 64 | 0.06 |
Svan | 63 | 0.05 |
Abkhaz | 24 | 0.02 |
Romanian | 17 | 0.01 |
Kurdish | 3 | 0.00 |
Ossetian | 3 | 0.00 |
Persian | 2 | 0.00 |
Avar-Andean | 1 | 0.00 |
Belarusian | 1 | 0.00 |
Estonian | 1 | 0.00 |
Other | 130 | 0.11 |
TOTAL | 115,785 | 100.00 |
Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Senaki uezd had a population of 159,678 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 86,448 men and 73,230 women, 149,112 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,566 were temporary residents:
Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Georgians | 12,441 | 66.42 | 139,303 | 98.83 | 151,744 | 95.03 |
Russians | 2,836 | 15.14 | 4 | 0.00 | 2,840 | 1.78 |
Jews | 847 | 4.52 | 1,639 | 1.16 | 2,486 | 1.56 |
Armenians | 1,529 | 8.16 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,529 | 0.96 |
Asiatic Christians | 769 | 4.11 | 0 | 0.00 | 769 | 0.48 |
Other Europeans | 239 | 1.28 | 0 | 0.00 | 239 | 0.15 |
Sunni Muslims | 70 | 0.37 | 0 | 0.00 | 70 | 0.04 |
North Caucasians | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 |
TOTAL | 18,731 | 100.00 | 140,947 | 100.00 | 159,678 | 100.00 |