Werro County

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Werro County Верроскій уѣздъ
Uezd
Location in the Governorate of Livonia
Country	Russian Empire
Governorate	Livonia
Established	1745
Abolished	1920
Capital	Werro
Area
• Total	4,261.13 km2 (1,645.23 sq mi)
Population  (1897)
• Total	97,185
• Density	23/km2 (59/sq mi)

Werro County (German: Kreis Werro, Estonian: Võru kreis, Russian: Верроскій уѣздъ, romanized: Verroskiy uyezd) was one of the nine subdivisions of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate (in present-day southeastern Estonia). Its capital was Võru (Werro). The territory of Kreis Werro corresponds to the present-day Võru County, most of Põlva County and parts of Valga County.^[1]

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Werro had a population of 97,185. Of these, 92.7% spoke Estonian, 3.4% Latvian, 2.0% German, 1.4% Russian and 0.3% Yiddish as their native language.^[2]

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