Elisabethpol Governorate
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| Established | 1868 | |
| Abolished | 1917 | |
| Political status | Governorate | |
| Region | Caucasus | |
| Area | 38,782.5 verst² | |
| Population (1897 census) | ||
| • Total | 878415 | |
| • Density | 22.6 inhab. / verst² | |
| • Urban | 10.16% | |
| • Rural | 89.84% | |
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Elisabethpol Governorate or Elizavetpol Governorate (Russian: Елизаветпольская губерния; in pre-1918 Russian spelling: Елисаветпольская губернiя) was one of the guberniyas of the Russian Empire, with its centre in Elisabethpol (official name for Ganja in 1805–1918). Its area was 44,136 sq. kilometres, and it had 878,415 inhabitants by 1897.
Elisabethpol Governorate was created in 1868 from parts of Baku Governorate and Tiflis Governorate. This included lands of the former Ganja Khanate, Shaki Khanate, and Karabakh Khanate. It bordered with Baku Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, Yerevan Governorate, Dagestan Oblast, and Persia.
Starting in 1905, there were attempts by the region's ethnic Armenians to separate the highland areas (commonly known as Mountainous Karabagh) from the rest of Elisabethpol. Another attempt to create an independent Armenian state in the region was the Republic of Mountainous Armenia in 1921.
On the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918, Elisabethpol Governorate was renamed Ganja Governorate. The area to the south of the Murov Range was made into Karabakh Governorate General. The governorate system was abolished in the early 1920s.
Today, the territory of the former Elisabethpol Governorate is in western Azerbaijan and adjacent areas of Armenia.
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