Batum Oblast
| ბათუმის ობლასტი Батумская область Batumi Oblast |
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| Oblast of Russian Empire | |||||
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| Capital | Batumi | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Treaty of San Stefano | 20 September 1878 | |||
| • | Kutaisi Governorate | 12 June 1883 | |||
| • | Kutaisi Governorate | 17 March 1903 | |||
| • | Proclamation of PNGSC | 1918 | |||
| Area | |||||
| • | 1897 | 61,092 km2(23,588 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1897 | 142,032 | |||
| Density | 2.3 /km2 (6 /sq mi) | ||||
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The Batumi Oblast was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire, with the maritime city of Batumi as its center. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southwestern Georgia. It was created out of the territories of the former Ottoman Sanjak of Batumi.
As of 1897, 88,444 people populated the oblast. The Adjarians, then-mostly Muslim Georgian group, constituted the majority of the population. Significant minorities consisted of Russians, Armenians, Caucasus Greeks, and Turks.
Coordinates: 41°38′45″N 41°38′30″E / 41.6458°N 41.6417°E
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