Yekaterinoslav uezd

Yekaterinoslav uezd Екатеринославскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Yekaterinoslav Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Yekaterinoslav
Established	1783
Abolished	1920
Capital	Yekaterinoslav
Area
• Total	7,858.31 km2 (3,034.11 sq mi)
Population  (1897)
• Total	357,207
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)

The Yekaterinoslav uezd (Russian: Екатеринославский уезд, romanized: Yekaterinoslavsky uyezd; Ukrainian: Катеринославський повіт, romanized: Katerynoslavskyi povit) was one of the subdivisions of the Yekaterinoslav Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the western part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Yekaterinoslav (present-day Dnipro).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Yekaterinoslavsky Uyezd had a population of 357,207. Of these, 55.7% spoke Ukrainian, 21.0% Russian, 13.0% Yiddish, 5.8% German, 2.2% Polish, 1.1% Belarusian, 0.5% Moldovan or Romanian, 0.2% Tatar, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% French and 0.1% Greek as their native language.