Penza Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, located in the Volga Region. It existed from 1780 to 1797 and again from 1801 to 1928; its capital was in Penza.
Uyezds Penza Governorate was subdivided into ten uyezds:
Gorodishchensky Uyezd Insarsky Uyezd Kerensky Uyezd Krasnoslobodsky Uyezd Mokshansky Uyezd Narovchatsky Uyezd Nizhnelomovsky Uyezd Penzensky Uyezd Saransky Uyezd Chembarsky Uyezd
Demographics At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Penza Governorate had a population of 1,470,474. Of these, 83.0% spoke Russian, 12.8% Mordvin, 4.0% Tatar, 0.1% Ukrainian and 0.1% Polish as their native language. Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей
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