| Native Name: | Вятская губерния |
| Conventional Long Name: | Vyatka Governorate |
| Common Name: | Kirov |
| Subdivision: | Governorate |
| Nation: | the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Russian Republic and RSFSR (1917–1929) |
| Year Start: | 1796 |
| Year End: | 1929 |
| P1: | Vyatka Viceroyalty |
| S1: | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
| Flag S1: | Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1954–1991).svg |
| Image Map Caption: | Map of Viatka Governorate 1913 |
| Image Map2: | Vyatka in Russian Empire (1914).svg |
| Image Map2 Caption: | Location within the Russian Empire |
| Capital: | Vyatka |
| Political Subdiv: | uezds: 11 |
| Stat Pop1: | 3030831 |
| Stat Area1: | 169629 |
| Stat Year1: | (1897)[1] |
Vyatka Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR from 1796 to 1929, with its capital in Vyatka (now Kirov). The area of the governorate roughly corresponds to modern-day Kirov Oblast and Udmurtia.
It was formed on territory of the historical lands of Vyatka (la|Veticiae).[2]
Vyatka Governorate was bordered with Vologda Governorate (to the north), Perm Governorate (to the east), Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan governorates (to the south), and Kostroma Governorate (to the west). Its area was approximately 169629km2.
The governorate was divided into 11 uyezds:
According to the 1897 census, the population of the Vyatka Governorate was 3,030,831. Russian people composed 77.4% of the population; Udmurt people – 12.5%; Mari people – 4.8%, and Tatar people – 4.1%.[3] According to 1958 data, the population was 2,123,904; according 1910 data it was 3,747,000.[4]