Kobelyaksky Uyezd (Кобелякский уезд) was one of the subdivisions of thePoltava Governorate of theRussian Empire. It was situated in the southern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre wasKobelyaki (Kobeliaky).
At the time of theRussian Empire Census of 1897, Kobelyaksky Uyezd had a population of 227,795. Of these, 97.3% spokeUkrainian, 1.6%Yiddish, 1.0%Russian and 0.1%Polish as their native language.[1]