Batumi okrug
The Batumi okrug was a district of the Batum Oblast of the Russian Empire existing between 1878 and 1918. The district was eponymously named for its administrative center, the town of Batum, now part of Adjara within Georgia. The okrug bordered with the Artvin okrug in the south, the Ardahan okrug of the Kars Oblast to the southeast, the Tiflis Governorate to the northeast, the Kutaisi Governorate to the north, and the Trebizond Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire to the west.
Administrative divisions
The prefectures of the Batumi okrug were:| Name | Administrative centre | 1912 population | Area |
| Verkhne-Adzharskiy prefecture | Khulo | 21,778 | |
| Goniyskiy prefecture | Maradidi Verkhniye | 10,310 | |
| Nizhne-Adzharskiy prefecture | Kedy | 17,974 | |
| Kintrishskiy prefecture | Komarovskoye | 17,961 |
Demographics
Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian [Empire Census], the Batumi okrug had a population of 88,444 on, including 53,149 men and 35,295 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Russian, Armenian and Greek speaking minorities.| Language | Native speakers | % |
| Georgian | 56,498 | 63.88 |
| Russian | 7,217 | 8.16 |
| Armenian | 7,120 | 8.05 |
| Greek | 4,650 | 5.26 |
| Turkish | 3,199 | 3.62 |
| Kurdish | 1,699 | 1.92 |
| Ukrainian | 1,637 | 1.85 |
| Jewish | 1,076 | 1.22 |
| Polish | 890 | 1.01 |
| Persian | 765 | 0.86 |
| Abkhazian | 687 | 0.78 |
| Mingrelian | 635 | 0.72 |
| German | 356 | 0.40 |
| Tatar | 350 | 0.40 |
| Imeretian | 341 | 0.39 |
| Lithuanian | 157 | 0.18 |
| Sartic | 156 | 0.18 |
| Belarusian | 76 | 0.09 |
| Avar-Andean | 56 | 0.06 |
| Kazi-Kumukh | 47 | 0.05 |
| English | 38 | 0.04 |
| Ossetian | 28 | 0.03 |
| Romanian | 27 | 0.03 |
| Svan | 17 | 0.02 |
| Estonian | 11 | 0.01 |
| Other | 711 | 0.80 |
| ТОТАL | 88,444 | 100.00 |