- Suwałki Governorate
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name = Сувалкская губерния
Gubernia suwalska
conventional_long_name = Suwałki Governorate
common_name = Suwałki
subdivision = Governorate
nation = Russian Empire
year_start = 1867
date_start =
year_end = 1914
date_end =
p1 = Augustów Governorate
flag_p1 = Romanov Flag.svg
s1 = Bialystok-Grodno District
flag_s1 = Flag of the German Empire.svg
image_map_caption = Suwałki Governorate (in yellow)
capital =Suwałki
latd = 54 | latm = 5 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 22 | longm = 56 | longs = | longEW = E
political_subdiv =Suwałki Governorate ( _ru. Сувальская Губения _lt. Suvalkų gubernija, _pl. Gubernia suwalska) was an administrative unit (
guberniya ) of theCongress Poland with seat inSuwałki . It covered the territory of about 12,300 km².History
In 1867 territories of the
Augustów Governorate and thePłock Governorate were divided into a smaller Płock Governorate, Suwałki Governorate (consisting mostly of the Augustów Governorate territories) and a recreatedŁomża Governorate .After
World War I the governorate was eventually split between Poland and Lithuania, mostly along ethnic lines (with an exception ofPuńsk ). The Polish part, known asSuwałki Region , was incorporated into the Białystok Voivodeship. Lithuanian ethnographic regionSuvalkija was named after the governorate.Demographics
According to contemporary
Russian Empire statistics from 1889 Governorate was predominately Lithuanian – Lithuanians comprised 57.8% of the population. [ cite journal|title=Tautos budimas ir blaivybės sąjūdis| journal=Istorija| date=1999| first=Ieva| last=Šenavičienė| coauthors=| volume=40| issue=|pages=p.3|id= |url=|format=|accessdate=2007-12-07 ] The Lithuanians formed a majority only in the northern part of this governorate (Counties of Kalvarija, Marijampolė, Naujamiestis, Vilkaviškis and eastern part of Sejny) and the Poles had a majority in the southern part (counties of Suwałki, Augustów and western part of Sejny).Piotr Łossowski, "Konflikt polsko-litewski 1918-1920" (1996) p.10 and p.15]Administrative Divisions
It was divided into seven counties [lt icon cite encyclopedia | editor=Jonas Zinkus, et. al | encyclopedia=Tarybų Lietuvos enciklopedija | title=Suvalkų gubernija | year=1988 | publisher=Vyriausioji enciklopedijų redakcija | volume=IV | location=Vilnius, Lithuania | pages=136-137] :
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