| Area Total Km2: | 3,703.31 |
| Established Date: | 1878 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 3 March 1918 |
| Extinct Title: | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Batumi okrug | |
| Native Name: | Батумский округ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 76.56% |
| Population Total: | 85,397 |
| Population Urban: | 23.44% |
| Seat: | Batum (present-day Batumi) |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Okrug |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Name2: | Batum |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Subdivision Type2: | Oblast |
| Total Type: | Total |
The Batumi okrug was a district (okrug) of the Batum Oblast of the Russian Empire existing between 1878 and 1918. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, the town of Batum (present-day Batumi), now part of Adjara within Georgia. The okrug bordered with the Artvin okrug in the south, the Ardahan okrug of the Kars Oblast to the southeast, the Tiflis Governorate to the northeast, the Kutaisi Governorate (of which it was a part in 1883–1903) to the north, and the Trebizond Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire to the west.
The prefectures of the Batumi okrug were:
| Name | Administrative centre | 1912 population | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verkhne-Adzharskiy prefecture | Khulo | 21,778 | 1127.85verst2 | |
| Goniyskiy prefecture | Maradidi Verkhniye | 10,310 | 688.24verst2 | |
| Nizhne-Adzharskiy prefecture | Kedy (Keda) | 17,974 | 783.83verst2 | |
| Kintrishskiy prefecture | Komarovskoye | 17,961 | 654.43verst2 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Batumi okrug had a population of 88,444 on, including 53,149 men and 35,295 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Armenian and Greek speaking minorities.[1]
| Georgian | 56,498 | 63.88 | |
| Russian | 7,217 | 8.16 | |
| Armenian | 7,120 | 8.05 | |
| Greek | 4,650 | 5.26 | |
| Turkish | 3,199 | 3.62 | |
| Kurdish | 1,699 | 1.92 | |
| Ukrainian | 1,637 | 1.85 | |
| Jewish | 1,076 | 1.22 | |
| Polish | 890 | 1.01 | |
| Persian | 765 | 0.86 | |
| Abkhazian | 687 | 0.78 | |
| Mingrelian | 635 | 0.72 | |
| German | 356 | 0.40 | |
| Tatar | 350 | 0.40 | |
| Imeretian | 341 | 0.39 | |
| Lithuanian | 157 | 0.18 | |
| Sartic | 156 | 0.18 | |
| Belarusian | 76 | 0.09 | |
| Avar-Andean | 56 | 0.06 | |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 47 | 0.05 | |
| English | 38 | 0.04 | |
| Ossetian | 28 | 0.03 | |
| Romanian | 27 | 0.03 | |
| Svan | 17 | 0.02 | |
| Estonian | 11 | 0.01 | |
| Other | 711 | 0.80 | |
| ТОТАL | 88,444 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Batumi okrug had a population of 85,397 on, including 47,532 men and 37,865 women, 61,347 of whom were the permanent population, and 24,050 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Georgians | 6,481 | 32.37 | 45,627 | 69.79 | 52,108 | 61.02 | |
| Sunni Muslims | 75 | 0.37 | 14,163 | 21.66 | 14,238 | 16.67 | |
| Russians | 4,825 | 24.10 | 3,394 | 5.19 | 8,219 | 9.62 | |
| Armenians | 5,524 | 27.59 | 240 | 0.37 | 5,764 | 6.75 | |
| Asiatic Christians | 1,097 | 5.48 | 1,078 | 1.65 | 2,175 | 2.55 | |
| Other Europeans | 855 | 4.27 | 96 | 0.15 | 951 | 1.11 | |
| Jews | 597 | 2.98 | 10 | 0.02 | 607 | 0.71 | |
| Kurds | 8 | 0.04 | 544 | 0.83 | 552 | 0.65 | |
| Shia Muslims | 386 | 1.93 | 25 | 0.04 | 411 | 0.48 | |
| North Caucasians | 172 | 0.86 | 180 | 0.28 | 352 | 0.41 | |
| Roma | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | 0.03 | 20 | 0.02 | |
| TOTAL | 20,020 | 100.00 | 65,377 | 100.00 | 85,397 | 100.00 | |