Batum oblast

Batum oblast
Батумская область
Administrative map of the Batum Oblast
Coordinates: 41°38′45″N 41°38′30″E / 41.64583°N 41.64167°E / 41.64583; 41.64167
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
Established1873
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk3 March 1918
CapitalBatum
(present-day Batumi)
Area
 • Total
6,975.65 km2 (2,693.31 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
 • Total
122,811
 • Density17.6057/km2 (45.5985/sq mi)
 • Urban
22.00%
 • Rural
78.00%

The Batum oblast was a province (oblast) of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with the Black Sea port of Batum (present-day Batumi) as its administrative center. The Batum oblast roughly corresponded to the present-day Adjara autonomous region of Georgia, and most of the Artvin Province of Turkey.