Adana Vilayet

For other uses, see Province of Adana (disambiguation).

ولايت اطنه‎ Vilâyet-i Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire ← 1869–1922 → Adana Vilayet in 1900 Capital Adana History  -  Established 1869  -  Disestablished 1922 Population  -  Muslim, 1914 341,903   -  Greek, 1914 8,974   -  Armenian, 1914 52,650  Today part of Turkey

The Vilayet of Adana (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت اطنه, Vilâyet-i Adana; Armenian: Ադանայի վիլայեթ Adanayi vilayet' ) was a vilayet of the Ottoman Empire in the south-east of Asia Minor, which included the ancient Cilicia.

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 14,494 square miles (37,540 km²), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 402,439. The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.

It was described by the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica as rich in unexploited mineral wealth in the mountainous districts, and fertile in the coast-plain, which produced cotton, rice, cereals, sugar and fruit. Adana Vilayet bordered with Konya Vilayet (in west), Ankara Vilayet and Sivas Vilayet (in north), and Haleb Vilayet (in east and south).

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:

1. Sanjak of Adana
2. Sanjak of Mersin
3. Sanjak of Cebel-i-Bereket (Yarpuz)
4. Sanjak of Kozan (Sis)
5. Sanjak of İçel (Silifke)

See also

• Western Armenia
• Adana massacre

External links

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Adana". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
• Media related to Vilayet of Adana at Wikimedia Commons