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Płock Governorate

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10,188 km²

Płock Governorate

Płock Governorate (Russian: Плоцкая губернияя Polish: Gubernia Płocka) was an administrative unit (governorate) of the Congress Poland.

It was created in 1837 from the Płock Voivodship, and had the same borders and capital (Płock) as the voivodship. In 1867 territories of the Augustów Governorate and the Płock Governorate were divided into a smaller Płock Governorate, Suwałki Governorate (consisting mostly of the Augustów Governorate territories) and recreated Łomża Governorate.

The Governorate consisted of eight counties (uyezds):

  • Ciechanowski
  • Lipnowski
  • Mławski,
  • Płocki
  • Płoński
  • Przasnyski
  • Rypiński
  • Sierpecki

    • Language

  • By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.

    • References

    Płock Governorate Wikipedia
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