Sharur-Daralayaz uezd

Sharur-Daralayaz uezd
Шаруро-Даралагёзский уезд
Location in the Erivan Governorate
CountryRussian Empire
ViceroyaltyCaucasus
GovernorateErivan
Established1849
Abolished1929
CapitalBashnorashen
(present-day Sharur)
Area
  Total
3,001.64 km2 (1,158.94 sq mi)
Population
 (1916)
  Total
90,250
  Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
  Rural
100.00%

The Sharur-Daralayaz uezd was a county (uezd) of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the governorate's Erivan and Nor Bayazet uezds to the north, the Nakhichevan uezd to the south, the Zangezur and Jevanshir uezds of the Elizavetpol Governorate to the east, and Persia to the southwest. It included most of the Vayots Dzor Province of present-day Armenia and the Sharur District of the Nakhchivan exclave of present-day Azerbaijan. The administrative centre of the county was Bashnorashen (present-day Sharur).