| Area Total Km2: | 2,670.38 |
| Established Date: | 1867 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Extinct Date: | 1930 |
| Extinct Title: | Abolished |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Zugdidi uezd | |
| Native Name: | Зугдидскій уѣздъ |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Population As Of: | 1916 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Rural: | 100.00% |
| Population Total: | 127,978 |
| Seat: | Zugdidi |
| 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 Zugdidi uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Sukhumi Okrug to the north, the Lechkhumi uezd to the east, the Senaki uezd to the south, and the Black Sea to the west. The area of the Zugdidi uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia. The county was eponymously named for its administrative center, Zugdidi.
The Zugdidi uezd was formed in 1867 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Zugdidi uezd was incorporated into the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Zugdidi uezd in 1913 were as follows:
| Name | 1912 population | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zugdidskiy uchastok | 40,872 | 504.86verst2 | |
| Redut-Kalskiy uchastok | 33,881 | 520.04verst2 | |
| Tsalendzhikhskiy uchastok | 47,806 | 1321.53verst2 |
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Zugdidi uezd had a population of 114,869 on, including 58,043 men and 56,826 women. The majority of the population indicated Mingrelian to be their mother tongue, with a significant Georgian speaking minority.[1]
| Mingrelian | 113,034 | 98.40 | |
| Georgian | 1,060 | 0.92 | |
| Imeretian | 280 | 0.24 | |
| Turkish | 155 | 0.13 | |
| Russian | 121 | 0.11 | |
| Greek | 45 | 0.04 | |
| Svan | 42 | 0.04 | |
| Ukrainian | 18 | 0.02 | |
| Tatar | 17 | 0.01 | |
| Avar-Andean | 11 | 0.01 | |
| Armenian | 10 | 0.01 | |
| Polish | 8 | 0.01 | |
| German | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Abkhaz | 8 | 0.01 | |
| Ossetian | 7 | 0.01 | |
| Romanian | 6 | 0.01 | |
| Jewish | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Lithuanian | 1 | 0.00 | |
| English | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Persian | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Estonian | 1 | 0.00 | |
| Other | 32 | 0.03 | |
| TOTAL | 114,869 | 100.00 |
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According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Zugdidi uezd had a population of 127,978 on, including 65,001 men and 62,977 women, 127,805 of whom were the permanent population, and 173 were temporary residents:
| Nationality | Number | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgians | 127,861 | 99.91 | |
| Russians | 94 | 0.07 | |
| Sunni Muslims | 17 | 0.01 | |
| Armenians | 3 | 0.00 | |
| Other Europeans | 3 | 0.00 | |
| TOTAL | 127,978 | 100.00 |