[1] The administrative centre of the county was the city of Shemakha (present-day Shamakhi).

But due to an earthquake in 1859, the city and most of the county suffered great damage.

[5] According to the Russian Empire Census, the Shemakha uezd had a population of 121,842 on 28 January [O.S.

The majority of the population indicated Tatar[b] to be their mother tongue, with significant Armenian, Russian, and Tat speaking minorities.

[8] According to the 1917 publication of Kavkazskiy kalendar, the Shemakha uezd had a population of 161,552 on 14 January [O.S.