| Area Total Km2: | 2,161.23 |
| Established Date: | 1846 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1930 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Ozurgeti uezd | |
| Native Name: | Озургетскій уѣздъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 90.29% |
| Population Total: | 115,339 |
| Population Urban: | 9.71% |
| Seat: | Ozurgeti |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Uezd |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kutaisi |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Subdivision Type2: | Governorate |
| Total Type: | Total |
The Ozurgeti uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Senaki uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the east, the Akhaltsikhe uezd of the Tiflis Governorate to the southeast, the Batum Okrug of the Batum Oblast to the south, and the Black Sea to the west. The area of the Ozurgeti uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Guria region of Georgia. The county was eponymously named for its administrative center, Ozurgeti.
The Ozurgeti uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Ozurgeti uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Ozurgeti uezd in 1913 were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guriantskiy uchastok | 20,585 | 606.1verst2 | |
| Lanchkhutskiy uchastok | 38,658 | 464.68verst2 | |
| Chokhataurskiy uchastok | 37,603 | 828.26verst2 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 90,326 on, including 45,426 men and 44,900 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Greek speaking minority.[1]
| Georgian | 86,057 | 95.27 | |
| Greek | 3,009 | 3.33 | |
| Russian | 526 | 0.58 | |
| Mingrelian | 305 | 0.34 | |
| Turkish | 179 | 0.20 | |
| Svan | 44 | 0.05 | |
| Ukrainian | 41 | 0.05 | |
| Tatar | 39 | 0.04 | |
| Armenian | 29 | 0.03 | |
| German | 22 | 0.02 | |
| Polish | 20 | 0.02 | |
| Abkhaz | 10 | 0.01 | |
| Imeretian | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Persian | 6 | 0.01 | |
| Avar-Andean | 5 | 0.01 | |
| Belarusian | 2 | 0.00 | |
| Jewish | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Kurdish | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Ossetian | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Other | 21 | 0.02 | |
| TOTAL | 90,326 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Ozurgeti uezd had a population of 115,339 on, including 61,071 men and 54,268 women, 111,987 of whom were the permanent population, and 3,352 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Georgians | 10,259 | 91.61 | 104,066 | 99.93 | 114,325 | 99.12 | |
| Russians | 695 | 6.21 | 75 | 0.07 | 770 | 0.67 | |
| Other Europeans | 182 | 1.63 | 0 | 0.00 | 182 | 0.16 | |
| Armenians | 42 | 0.38 | 0 | 0.00 | 42 | 0.04 | |
| Jews | 20 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | 20 | 0.02 | |
| TOTAL | 11,198 | 100.00 | 104,141 | 100.00 | 115,339 | 100.00 | |