Governorate of Livonia

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Governorate of Livonia Лифляндская губерния (Russian) Vidzemes guberņa (Latvian) Liivimaa kubermang (Estonian) Livländisches Gouvernement (German)
Governorate
Coat of arms
Location in the Russian Empire
Country	Russian Empire
Established	1796
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk	1918
Capital	Riga
Area
• Total	47,030.87 km2 (18,158.72 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Suur Munamägi)	318 m (1,043 ft)
Population  (1897)
• Total	1,299,365
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
• Urban	29.31%
• Rural	70.69%

The Governorate of Livonia, also known as the Livonia Governorate,^[a] was a province (guberniya) and one of the Baltic governorates of the Russian Empire, Baltic Governorate-General until 1876. Governorate of Livonia bordered Governorate of Estonia to the north, Saint Petersburg and Pskov Governorates to the east, Courland Governorate to the south, and the Gulf of Riga to the west. In 1897, the population of the governorate was 1,299,365, and it had an area of 47,030.87 square kilometres (18,158.72 sq mi). The administrative centre of the governorate was the Baltic Sea port of Riga. It roughly corresponded to most of the modern Vidzeme Region of Latvia and southern Estonia.^[1]

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