Bosnia Vilayet

Bosnia Vilayet
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
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Bosnia Vilayet in the 1880s
Capital Sarajevo
History
 - Established 1867
 - Austro-Hungarian occupation 1878
 - Annexation to Austria-Hungary 1908
Area
 - 1871 46,000 km2 (17,761 sq mi)
Population
 - 1871 1,232,000 
Density 26.8 /km2  (69.4 /sq mi)
Today part of  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sources for population;[1] area[2]

The Bosnia Vilayet was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, mostly comprising the territory of the present-day state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It bordered Kosovo Vilayet to the south. Before the administrative reform in 1867, it was called the Bosnia Eyalet. In the late 19th century it reportedly had an area of 17,900 square miles (46,000 km2).[2]

It effectively ceased to exist as an Ottoman province after the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, although it formally existed thirty more years until 1908 despite being governed by Austria-Hungary. In 1908 Austria-Hungary formally annexed it into its own territory.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:[3]

  1. Sanjak of Bosnia
  2. Sanjak of Izvornik
  3. Sanjak of Hersek
  4. Sanjak of Travnik
  5. Sanjak of Bihke

See also

References

  1. ↑ Palairet, Michael R. "The Balkan Economies c.1800-1914: Evolution without Development".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Europe by Éliseé Reclus, page 152
  3. ↑ Bosna Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet

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