Surmalu uezd

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Surmalu uezd was a historical administrative district of the Russian Empire’s Erivan Governorate, located in the South Caucasus region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
uezd
administrativeCentre Surmali
administrativeDivisionOf Caucasus Viceroyalty
borderedBy Alexandropol uezd
Armenian Oblast
surface form: Etchmiadzin uezd

Kars Oblast
Nakhichevan uezd
Persia
capital Surmali
contains Aras River
Mount Ararat
country Russian Empire
dissolvedIn 20th century
establishedIn 19th century
ethnicComposition Armenians
Azerbaijanis
Kurds
governedBy Tsarist Russian administration
hasFeature fertile river valleys
volcanic landscapes
historicalEventContext Russo-Persian conflicts
World War I
collapse of the Russian Empire
historicalRegion Armenia
eastern Turkey
surface form: Eastern Anatolia
historicalStatus abolished administrative unit
language Armenian
Azerbaijani language
surface form: Azerbaijani

Kurdish
Russian
locatedIn Caucasus Viceroyalty
South Caucasus
South Caucasus
surface form: Transcaucasia
namedAfter Surmali
partOf Ararat plain
Erivan Governorate
presentIn Iğdır
surface form: Iğdır Province

Turkey
surface form: modern Turkey
regionType borderland district
religiousCommunities Armenian Apostolic Church
surface form: Armenian Apostolic Christians

Shia Islam
surface form: Shia Muslims

Sunni Islam
surface form: Sunni Muslims
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century

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Erivan uezd borderedBy Surmalu uezd
Erivan Governorate contains Surmalu uezd