Shorapani uezd

The Shorapani uezd was a county (uezd) of the Kutaisi Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the Racha uezd to the north, the Kutaisi uezd to the west, and the Tiflis Governorate to the east. The area of the uezd corresponded to most of the contemporary Imereti region of Georgia. The administrative center of the Shorapani uezd was Kvirila (present-day Zestaponi).

History
The Shorapani uezd was formed in 1846 as part of the Kutaisi Governorate on the territory of the historical region of Imereti during the time of the Russian Empire. In 1918, the Kutaisi Governorate including the Shorapani uezd was incorporated into part of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

Administrative divisions
The subcounties (uchastoks) of the Shorapani uezd in 1913 were as follows:

Russian Empire Census
According to the Russian Empire Census, the Shorapani uezd had a population of 156,633 on 28 January 1897, including 74,366 men and 56,826 women. The majority of the population indicated Georgian to be their mother tongue, with significant Imeretian and Mingrelian speaking minorities.

Kavkazskiy kalendar
According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Shorapani uezd had a population of 189,428 on 14 January 1916, including 100,322 men and 89,106 women, 179,353 of whom were the permanent population, and 10,075 were temporary residents: