Syria vilayet
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The Vilayet of Syria[2] (Arabic: ولاية سوريا; Ottoman Turkish: ولايت سوريه, romanized: Vilâyet-i Sûriye),[3] also known as Vilayet of Damascus,[4] was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire.
Quick Facts Vilayet of Syriaولايت سوريه (in Ottoman Turkish)Vilâyet-i Sûriyeولاية سوريا (in Arabic), Capital ...
Vilayet of Syria ولايت سوريه (in Ottoman Turkish) Vilâyet-i Sûriye ولاية سوريا (in Arabic) | |||||||||||||
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Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||||
1865–1918 | |||||||||||||
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Vital Cuinet's 1896 map of Syria, showing the Syria Vilayet divided into the sanjaks of Hama, Damascus, Hauran and Ma'an | |||||||||||||
Capital | Damascus | ||||||||||||
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• 1897[1] | 701,812 | ||||||||||||
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• Established | 1865 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1918 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Syria Jordan |
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At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had an area of 62,180 square kilometres (24,009 sq mi), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 1,000,000.[5] The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.[5]