Surmalu uezd

Surmalu uezd Сурмалинскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Coat of arms
Location in the Erivan Governorate
Country	Russian Empire
Viceroyalty	Caucasus
Governorate	Erivan
Established	1828
Abolished	1918
Capital	Igdyr (present-day Iğdır)
Area
• Total	3,581.58 km2 (1,382.86 sq mi)
Population  (1916)
• Total	104,791
• Density	29/km2 (76/sq mi)
• Rural	100.00%

The Surmalu uezd^[a] was a county (uezd) of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the governorate's Etchmiadzin and Erivan uezds to the north, the Kars Oblast to the west, Persia to the east, and the Ottoman Empire to the south. The district made up most of the Iğdır Province of present-day Turkey. As part of the Russian Transcaucasus, the Surmalu uezd possessed economical importance for its abundantly rich salt mines in Kulp (Tuzluca), and spiritual importance to Armenians as the location of the culturally significant Mount Ararat. The administrative centre of the county was Igdyr (present-day Iğdır).^[3]

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