Batumi Oblast

ბათუმის ობლასტი Батумская область Batumi Oblast
Oblast of Russian Empire
← 1878–1918 →
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Capital		Batumi
History
•	Treaty of San Stefano	20 September 1878
•	Kutaisi Governorate	12 June 1883
•	Kutaisi Governorate	17 March 1903
•	Proclamation of PNGSC	1918
Area
•	1897	61,092 km2(23,588 sq mi)
Population
•	1897	142,032
	Density	2.3 /km2  (6 /sq mi)

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The Batumi Oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire, with the maritime city of Batumi as its center. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southwestern Georgia. It was created out of the territories of the former Ottoman Sanjak of Batumi (occupied by the Ottomans since the late 16th century).

As of 1897, 88,444 people populated the oblast. The Adjarians, then-mostly Muslim Georgian group, constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Russians, Armenians, Caucasus Greeks, and Turks.

Coordinates: 41°38′45″N 41°38′30″E / 41.6458°N 41.6417°E / 41.6458; 41.6417

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