Javad uezd
The Javad uezd, known after 1921 as the Salyan uezd, was a county (uezd) within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929 by the Soviet authorities. The uezd was located in the central part of the governorate, bordering the Geokchay, Shemakha, and Baku uezds to the north, Caspian sea to the east, Lenkoran uezd to the south and Iran to the west. The administrative center of the uezd was the city of Salyan. Administrative divisions The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Javad uezd in 1912 were as follows: History Javad uezd was formed in 1868 as part of the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was abolished in 1929 by Soviet authorities. Demographics According to the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 94,690 people lived in the uezd, mainly Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis) Russian Empire Census According to the Russian Empire Census, the Javad uezd had a population of 90,043 on , including 51,489 men and 38,554 women. The majority of the population indicated Tatar to be their mother tongue, with a significant Russian speaking