Łomża Governorate Ломжинская губерния Gubernia łomżyńska | |||||||||||
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Governorate of Congress Poland | |||||||||||
1867–1914 | |||||||||||
![]() Location in the Russian Empire | |||||||||||
Capital | Lomzha | ||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
• Coordinates | 53°10′N 22°5′E / 53.167°N 22.083°E / 53.167; 22.083 | ||||||||||
• | 10,545.2 km2 (4,071.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||
• 1897[1] | 579,592 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1867 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1914 | ||||||||||
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Łomża Governorate[a] was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of Congress Poland of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Łomża.
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 a recreated Łomża Governorate.
In 1893, a small amount of territory was transferred from the Łomża Governorate to the Warsaw Governorate.
It was divided into seven counties:
County | County Seat | Major Towns | |
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Kolneński County | ![]() | Kolno | Jedwabno • Stawiski |
Łomża County | ![]() | Łomża | Nowogród • Śniadowo • Wizna • Zambrów |
Maków County | ![]() | Maków | Krasnosielc • Różan |
Wysokie Mazowieckie County | ![]() | Mazowieck | Ciechanowiec • Sokoły • Tykocin |
Ostrołęka County | ![]() | Ostrołęka | Myszyniec |
Ostrów County | ![]() | Ostrów | Andrzejewo • Brok • Czyżew • Nur |
Szczuczyn County | ![]() | Szczuczyn | Grajewo • Radziłów • Rajgród • Wąsosz |
Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
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Polish | 448,065 | 77.3 | 220,787 | 227,278 |
Yiddish | 91,236 | 15.74 | 44,669 | 46,567 |
Russian | 27,941 | 4.82 | 25,233 | 2,708 |
German | 4,651 | 0.8 | 2,387 | 2,264 |
Ukrainian | 3,832 | 0.66 | 3750 | 82 |
Latvian | 2,509 | 0.43 | 2,502 | 7 |
Other[3] | 1,336 | 0.23 | 1,137 | 199 |
Persons that didn't name their native language | 14 | >0.01 | 7 | 7 |
Total | 579,592 | 100 | 300,487 | 279,105 |
1816–1837 voivodeships | ||
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1837–1844 governorates | ||
1844–1867 governorates | ||
1867–1914 governorates |