Avarskiy okrug

The Avarskiy okrug^[a] was a district (okrug) of the Dagestan Oblast of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The area of the Avarskiy okrug is included in contemporary Dagestan of the Russian Federation. The district's administrative centre was Khunzakh.^{[1][page needed]}

Avarskiy okrug Аварский округ
Okrug
Location in the Dagestan Oblast
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Oblast	Dagestan
Established	1864
Abolished	1928
Capital	Khunzakh
Area
• Total	1,306.80 km2 (504.56 sq mi)
Population  (1916)
• Total	35,749
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
• Rural	100.00%

Administrative divisions

The prefectures (участки, uchastki) of the Avarskiy okrug in 1917 were:^[2][3]

Name	1912 population	Area
Khunzakhskiy prefecture (Хунзахский участок)	19,026	524.32 square versts (596.71 km2; 230.39 sq mi)
Koysubulinskiy prefecture (Койсубулинский участок)	13,687	623.95 square versts (710.09 km2; 274.17 sq mi)

Demographics

Russian Empire Census

According to the Russian Empire Census, the Avarskiy okrug had a population of 37,639 on 28 January [O.S. 15 January] 1897, including 18,890 men and 18,749 women. The majority of the population indicated Avar to be their mother tongue.^[4]

Linguistic composition of the Avarskiy okrug in 1897^[4]

Language	Native speakers	%
Avar-Andean	36,063	95.81
Arabic	912	2.42
Russian	428	1.14
Ukrainian	83	0.22
Polish	26	0.07
Dargin	18	0.05
Kazi-Kumukh	13	0.03
Jewish	12	0.03
Georgian	11	0.03
German	7	0.02
Armenian	6	0.02
Kumyk	5	0.01
Kyurin	4	0.01
Tatar[b]	4	0.01
Chechen	1	0.00
Persian	1	0.00
Other	45	0.12
TOTAL	37,639	100.00

Kavkazskiy kalendar

According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Avarskiy okrug had a population of 35,749 on 14 January [O.S. 1 January] 1916, including 17,956 men and 17,793 women, 34,935 of whom were the permanent population, and 814 were temporary residents:^[7]

Nationality	Number	%
North Caucasians	34,957	97.78
Russians	666	1.86
Other Europeans	91	0.25
Jews	31	0.09
Armenians	4	0.01
TOTAL	35,749	100.00

Notes

1. • Russian: Аварский округ, pre-reform orthography: Аварскій округъ [ɐvərskʲɪj ɐkrʊk]
   • Avar: Авар сверухълъи, romanized: Avar sveruqli
2. Before 1918, Azerbaijanis were generally known as "Tatars". This term, employed by the Russians, referred to Turkic-speaking Muslims of the South Caucasus. After 1918, with the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and "especially during the Soviet era", the Tatar group identified itself as "Azerbaijani".^[5][6]