Płock Governorate Плоцкая губерния Gubernia płocka | |||||||||
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Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||
1837–1915 | |||||||||
Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||
Capital | Plotsk | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• | 9,430.8 km2 (3,641.3 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1897
[1] | 553,633 | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1837 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1915 | ||||||||
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Płock Governorate [a] was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire.
It was created in 1837 from the Płock Voivodship, and had the same borders and capital ( Płock) as the voivodship. In 1867 territories of the Augustów Governorate and the Płock Governorate were divided into a smaller Płock Governorate, Suwałki Governorate (consisting mostly of the Augustów Governorate territories) and recreated Łomża Governorate.
The Governorate consisted of eight counties ( uyezds):
Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
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Polish | 447 685 | 80.86 | 216 794 | 230 891 |
Yiddish | 51 215 | 9.25 | 24 538 | 26 677 |
German | 35 931 | 6.49 | 17 409 | 18 522 |
Russian | 15 137 | 2.73 | 13 551 | 1 586 |
Ukrainian | 2 350 | 0.42 | 2 302 | 48 |
Other [3] | 1 285 | 0.23 | 1 041 | 244 |
Persons that didn't name their native language |
27 | >0.01 | 14 | 13 |
Total | 553 633 | 100 | 275 652 | 277 981 |