# Tiflis uezd

The Tiflis uezd was a county (uezd) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative centre in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi). The area of the uezd roughly corresponded to the contemporary Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia. The district bordered the Telavi uezd to the northeast, the Tionety and Dusheti uezds to the north, the Gori uezd to the northwest, the Borchaly uezd to the west, the Kazakh uezd of the Elizavetpol Governorate to the south, and the Signakh uezd to the east.

## History

The Tiflis uezd as part of the Georgia Governorate was formed in 1801 as a result of the annexation of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakhetian to the Russian Empire. In 1840, the district formed a part of the Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, then after 1846 it was included in the Tiflis Governorate until its abolition by Soviet authorities. In 1880, the Borchaly uezd was detached from the Tiflis uezd to be administered separately.
Following the Russian Revolution, the Tiflis uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.

## Administrative divisions

The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Tiflis uezd in 1913 were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | Area |
| Karayazskiy uchastok (Караязскій участокъ) | 7,724 | 1,426.51 square versts (1,623.46 km$^2$; 626.82 sq mi) |
| Sartachalskiy uchastok (Сартачальскій участокъ) | 31,905 | 1,073.92 square versts (1,222.19 km$^2$; 471.89 sq mi) |
| Tiflisskiy uchastok (Тифлисскій участокъ) | 33,313 | 1,503.65 square versts (1,711.25 km$^2$; 660.72 sq mi) |
| Prigorodny raion (Пригородный раіонъ) | 12,168 | – |

## Demographics
### 1897 Russian census

According to the 1897 Russian Empire census, the Tiflis uezd had a population of 234,632 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 137,849 men and 96,783 women. The plurality of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian, Russian, and Tatar speaking minorities.
Linguistic composition of the Tiflis uezd in 1897 :
| Language | Native speakers | % |
| Georgian | 80,293 | 34.22 |
| Armenian | 57,933 | 24.69 |
| Russian | 51,775 | 22.07 |
| Tatar | 13,764 | 5.87 |
| German | 5,417 | 2.31 |
| Polish | 4,918 | 2.10 |
| Greek | 4,554 | 1.94 |
| Ukrainian | 3,450 | 1.47 |
| Jewish | 3,336 | 1.42 |
| Persian | 1,766 | 0.75 |
| Ossetian | 1,712 | 0.73 |
| Assyrian | 1,354 | 0.58 |
| Imeretian | 1,005 | 0.43 |
| Lithuanian | 828 | 0.35 |
| French | 342 | 0.15 |
| Kurdish | 220 | 0.09 |
| Czech | 191 | 0.08 |
| Mingrelian | 191 | 0.08 |
| Romanian | 175 | 0.07 |
| Italian | 150 | 0.06 |
| Belarusian | 148 | 0.06 |
| Chuvash | 141 | 0.06 |
| Avar-Andean | 124 | 0.05 |
| Latvian | 96 | 0.04 |
| Turkish | 71 | 0.03 |
| Dargin | 59 | 0.03 |
| Chechen | 52 | 0.02 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 47 | 0.02 |
| Kyurin | 43 | 0.02 |
| Kist | 9 | 0.00 |
| Other | 468 | 0.20 |
| TOTAL | 234,632 | 100.00 |

### Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Tiflis uezd had a population of 521,222 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 283,326 men and 236,896 women, 339,668 of whom were the permanent population, and 181,554 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Urban | Rural | Rural | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| Nationality | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| Armenians | 149,294 | 43.05 | 26,044 | 14.93 | 175,338 | 33.64 |
| Georgians | 37,584 | 10.84 | 96,040 | 55.05 | 133,624 | 25.64 |
| Russians | 91,997 | 26.53 | 29,042 | 16.65 | 121,039 | 23.22 |
| Other Europeans | 11,883 | 3.43 | 9,075 | 5.20 | 20,958 | 4.02 |
| Asiatic Christians | 19,560 | 5.64 | 35 | 0.02 | 19,595 | 3.76 |
| Shia Muslims | 9,408 | 2.71 | 8,186 | 4.69 | 17,594 | 3.38 |
| Jews | 10,712 | 3.09 | 306 | 0.18 | 11,018 | 2.11 |
| Sunni Muslims | 6,273 | 1.81 | 3,842 | 2.20 | 10,115 | 1.94 |
| Yazidis | 4,697 | 1.35 | 0 | 0.00 | 4,697 | 0.90 |
| North Caucasians | 2,685 | 0.77 | 938 | 0.54 | 3,623 | 0.70 |
| Kurds | 2,279 | 0.66 | 948 | 0.54 | 3,227 | 0.62 |
| Roma | 394 | 0.11 | 0 | 0.00 | 394 | 0.08 |
| TOTAL | 346,766 | 100.00 | 174,456 | 100.00 | 521,222 | 100.00 |