Shorapani uezd
Shorapani uezd
Шорапанскій уѣздъ | |
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Location in the Kutaisi Governorate | |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Viceroyalty | Caucasus |
| Governorate | Kutaisi |
| Established | 1846 |
| Abolished | 1930 |
| Capital | Kvirila (present-day Zestaponi) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,980.98 km2 (1,150.96 sq mi) |
| Population (1916) | |
• Total | 189,428 |
| • Density | 64/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 100.00% |
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The Shorapani uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Racha uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the west, and the Tiflis Governorate to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Imereti region of Georgia. The administrative center of the Shorapani uezd was Kvirila (present-day Zestaponi).