Siedlce Governorate

Siedlce Governorate (Russian: Седлецкая Губерния (pre-1917 orthography: Сѣдлецкая Губернія), Polish: Gubernia siedlecka) was an administrative unit (governorate) of Congress Poland.

Siedlce Governorate
Седлецкая губерния
Gubernia siedlecka
Governorate of Russian Empire
1867–1912
Coat of arms of Siedlce
Coat of arms

Location within the Russian Empire
CapitalSedlets
Area 
• 
14,317.7 km2 (5,528.1 sq mi)
Population 
• 1897[1]
772,146
History
History 
• Established
1867
• Disestablished
1912
Preceded by		Succeeded by
1867:
Lublin Governorate
1912:
Kholm Governorate
Lublin Governorate

History

It was created in 1867 from the division of the Lublin Governorate. It was in fact a recreation of the older Podlasie Governorate, but now renamed to Siedlce Governorate. Siedlce Governorate was abolished in 1912 and its territory was divided between Lublin Governorate, Łomża Governorate and the newly created Kholm Governorate.

Language
  • By the Imperial census of 1897.[2] In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
Language Number percentage (%) males females
Polish 510 621 66.13 253 571 257 050
Yiddish 120 152 15.56 57 821 62 331
Ukrainian 107 785 13.95 54 219 53 566
Russian 19 613 2.54 14 856 4 757
German 11 645 1.5 5 911 5 734
Other[3] 2 286 0.29 2 067 219
Persons
that didn't name
their native language 		44 >0.01 21 23
Total 772 146 100 388 466 383 680

References and notes
  1. "Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г." [The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897]. Demoscope Weekly (in Russian).
  2. Language Statistics of 1897 (in Russian)
  3. Languages, number of speakers which in all gubernia were less than 1000

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