Conventional Long Name: | Hauran Sanjak Havrân Sancağı |
Common Name: | Hauran Sanjak |
Subdivision: | sanjak |
Nation: | the Ottoman Empire under Damascus Eyalet (16th century–1865) under Damascus Vilayet (1865–1918) |
Year Start: | 16th century |
Event End: | Armistice of Mudros |
Year End: | 1918 |
Image Map Caption: | Hauran Sanjak in Ottoman Syria |
Border P1: | border |
S1: | Occupied Enemy Territory Administration |
Border S2: | no |
Capital: | Daraa |
Today: | Syria Jordan |
The Hauran Sanjak (tr|Havrân Sancağı, ar|سنجق حوران) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire, spanning the southern areas of Ottoman Syria, located in modern-day Syria and Jordan. The city of Daraa was the sanjak's capital. The sanjak had a population of 182,805 in 1914.[1]
As a sanjak of Damascus Eyalet in the 16th century, the Qada (Kaza) of Hauran consisted of the following 14 nahiyes:
As a sanjak of the Syria Vilayet, the sanjak was made up of eight kazas (first-level districts), some of which were further subdivided into nahiyes (second-level districts):[2]