The Tripoli Sanjak ( ar, سنجق طرابلس الشام) was a prefecture (
sanjak) of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
, located in modern-day
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
and
Syria. The city of
Tripoli was the Sanjak's capital. It had a population of 175,063 in 1914.
Subdistricts
The sanjak was made up of four districts (
kazas):
* Kaza of
Tripoli (Trablus-Şam)
* Kaza of
Qalʿat al-Ḥuṣn (Hısnü'l Ekrâd)
* Kaza of
Safita
Safita ( ar, صَافِيتَا '; phn, 𐤎𐤐𐤕𐤄, ''Sōpūte'') is a city in the Tartous Governorate, northwestern Syria, located to the southeast of Tartous and to the northwest of Krak des Chevaliers. It is situated on the tops ...
(Şafita)
* Kaza of
Akkar
Akkar District ( ar, قضاء عكار) is the only district in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. It is coextensive with the governorate and covers an area of . The UNHCR estimated the population of the district to be 389,899 in 2015, including 106,935 ...
References
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Tripoli, Lebanon
States and territories established in 1549
Sanjaks of Ottoman Syria
1549 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1917 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire