Kovno Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kovno (Kaunas). It was formed on 18 December 1842 by Tsar Nicholas I from the western part of Vilna Governorate, and the order was carried out on 1 July 1843. It was part of the Vilna Governorate-General and Northwestern Krai. The governorate included almost the entire Lithuanian region of Samogitia and the northern part of Aukštaitija.
Counties The governorate was divided into seven uyezds:
County County Seat Area (km2) Population in 1897 Population in 1914 1897 Kovensky Uyezd Kovno70.920 4,029 227,431 301,800 Novoalexandrovsky Uyezd Novoaleksandrovsk6.359 5,437 208,487 242,300 Ponevezhsky Uyezd Ponevezh12.968 6,215 222,881 259,700 Rossiyensky Uyezd Rossiyeny7.455 6,485 235,362 279,200 Shavelsky Uyezd Shavli16.128 6,922 237,934 294,500 Telshevsky Uyezd Telshi6.205 5,306 183,351 216,000 Vilkomirsky Uyezd Vilkomir 13.532 5,866 229,188 263,600 Total 40,260 1,544,564 1,857,100
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