Nukha uezd
Nukha uezd
Нухинскій уѣздъ | |
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Location in the Elizavetpol Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Elizavetpol |
| Established | 1868 |
| Abolished | 1921 |
| Capital | Nukha (present-day Shaki) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,193.79 km2 (1,619.23 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 185,748 |
| • Density | 44.2912/km2 (114.714/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 28.13% |
| • Rural | 71.87% |
The Nukha uezd was a county (uezd) of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire and later of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic with its center in Nukha (present-day Shaki). it existed from 1868 until its formal abolition in 1921 by the Soviet authorities of the Azerbaijan SSR.