Lida uezd

Lida uezd

Лидскій уѣздъ
Lida uezd Лидскій уѣздъ
Uezd
	Coat of arms
	Location in the Vilna Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Krai	Northwestern
Governorate	Vilna
Established	1795
Abolished	1920
Capital	Lida
Area
• Total	5,616 km2 (2,168 sq mi)
Population (1897)
• Total	205,767
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
• Urban	4.53%
• Rural	95.47%

The Lida uezd^[a] was one of the subdivisions of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Lida.

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Lidsky Uyezd had a population of 205,767. Of these, 73.2% spoke Belarusian, 12.0% Yiddish, 8.6% Lithuanian, 4.7% Polish, 1.2% Russian, 0.1% Ukrainian and 0.1% German as their native language.^[1]

Notes

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- Russian: Ли́дскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Lídskiy uyézd
- Lithuanian: Lydos apskritis
- Belarusian: Лі́дскі паве́т, romanized: Lídski paviét

References

^ [1] Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей

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[1] 
Russian: Ли́дскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Lídskiy uyézd
Lithuanian: Lydos apskritis
Belarusian: Лі́дскі паве́т, romanized: Lídski paviét

[2] Russian: Ли́дскій уѣ́здъ, romanized: Lídskiy uyézd

[3] Lithuanian: Lydos apskritis

[4] Belarusian: Лі́дскі паве́т, romanized: Lídski paviét

[2] [1] Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей

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