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'''Siedlce Governorate''' ({{lang-ru|Седлецкая Губерния}}, {{lang-pl|Gubernia siedlecka}}) was an administrative unit ([[Governorates of the Russian Empire|governorate]]) of the [[Congress Poland]].
==History==
It was created in 1867 from the division of the [[Lublin Governorate]]. It was in fact a recreation of the older [[Podlasie Governorate]], but now renamed to Siedlce Governorate.
==Language==
*By the Imperial census of 1897. In '''bold''' are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
{| align="center" class="wikitable plainlinks TablePager"
|+
! |Language
! |Number
! |percentage (%)
! |males
! |females
|-----
|'''[[Polish language|Polish]]'''
|510 621
|66.13
|253 571
|257 050
|-----
|'''[[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]'''
|120 152
|15.56
|57 821
|62 331
|-----
|'''[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]'''
|107 785
|13.95
|54 219
|53 566
|-----
|[[Russian language|Russian]]
|19 613
|2.54
|14 856
|4 757
|-----
|[[German language|German]]
|11 645
|1.5
|5 911
|5 734
|-----
|Other
|2 286
|0.29
|2 067
|219
|-----
|Persons
that didn't name
their native language
|44
|>0.01
|21
|23
|-----
|Total
|772 146
|100
|388 466
|383 680
|+
|}
==Links==
* [[Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland]]
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{{Administrative division of Congress Poland}}
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{{Subdivisions of the Russian Empire}}