| Area Total Km2: | 6,022.39 |
| Established Date: | 1801 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1929 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Signakh uezd | |
| Native Name: | Сигнахскій уѣздъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 88.52% |
| Population Total: | 153,864 |
| Population Urban: | 11.48% |
| Seat: | Signakh (present-day Signagi) |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Settlement Type: | Uezd |
| Subdivision Name: | Russian Empire |
| Subdivision Name1: | Caucasus |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tiflis |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Viceroyalty |
| Subdivision Type2: | Governorate |
| Total Type: | Total |
The Signakh uezd was a county (uezd) of the Tiflis Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, and then of Democratic Republic of Georgia, with its administrative centre in Signakh (present-day Signagi). The area of the county roughly corresponded to the contemporary Kakheti region of Georgia.
Following the Russian Revolution, the Signakh uezd was incorporated into the short-lived Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Signakh uezd in 1913 were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakurtsikhskiy uchastok | 23,881 | 1170.96verst2 | |
| Kodalskiy uchastok | 50,638 | 1205.14verst2 | |
| Nizhne-Machkhaanskiy uchastok | 53,588 | 733.29verst2 | |
| Shirakskiy uchastok | 6,222 | 2182.4verst2 | |
| Zaalazanskiy raion | 12,645 | – |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Signakh uezd had a population of 102,313 on, including 55,958 men and 46,355 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian and Tatar speaking minorities.[1]
| Georgian | 84,827 | 82.91 | |
| Armenian | 6,392 | 6.25 | |
| Tatar | 5,272 | 5.15 | |
| Russian | 4,413 | 4.31 | |
| Ukrainian | 447 | 0.44 | |
| Avar-Andean | 279 | 0.27 | |
| Lithuanian | 187 | 0.18 | |
| Polish | 126 | 0.12 | |
| Jewish | 108 | 0.11 | |
| Belarusian | 50 | 0.05 | |
| German | 44 | 0.04 | |
| Imeretian | 39 | 0.04 | |
| Ossetian | 30 | 0.03 | |
| Czech | 12 | 0.01 | |
| Persian | 11 | 0.01 | |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 10 | 0.01 | |
| Greek | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Mingrelian | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Latvian | 6 | 0.01 | |
| Dargin | 4 | 0.00 | |
| Italian | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Kist | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Kyurin | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Other | 37 | 0.04 | |
| TOTAL | 102,313 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Signakh uezd had a population of 153,864 on, including 80,670 men and 73,194 women, 148,646 of whom were the permanent population, and 5,218 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Urban | Rural | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Georgians | 8,493 | 48.09 | 109,790 | 80.61 | 118,283 | 76.88 | |
| Armenians | 8,970 | 50.79 | 6,038 | 4.43 | 15,008 | 9.75 | |
| Russians | 179 | 1.01 | 11,500 | 8.44 | 11,679 | 7.59 | |
| Shia Muslims | 0 | 0.00 | 3,275 | 2.40 | 3,275 | 2.13 | |
| Asiatic Christians | 0 | 0.00 | 3,201 | 2.35 | 3,201 | 2.08 | |
| Sunni Muslims | 0 | 0.00 | 1,862 | 1.37 | 1,862 | 1.21 | |
| Jews | 7 | 0.04 | 324 | 0.24 | 331 | 0.22 | |
| North Caucasians | 0 | 0.00 | 210 | 0.15 | 210 | 0.14 | |
| Other Europeans | 13 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.00 | 15 | 0.01 | |
| TOTAL | 17,662 | 100.00 | 136,202 | 100.00 | 153,864 | 100.00 | |