Siedlce Governorate

Siedlce Governorate^[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.

Siedlce Governorate map in 1896

Siedlce Governorate Седлецкая губерния Gubernia siedlecka
Governorate of Congress Poland
1867–1912
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Capital	Sedlets
Area
•	14,317.7 km2 (5,528.1 sq mi)
Population
• 1897[1]	772,146
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

Notes

1. • Russian: Седлецкая губерния, pre-1918: Сѣдлецкая губернія, romanized: Sedletskaya guberniya
   • Polish: Gubernia siedlecka