Native Name: | سنجق اللاذقية |
Conventional Long Name: | Latakia Sanjak |
Common Name: | Latakia Sanjak |
Subdivision: | sanjak |
Nation: | the Ottoman Empire Under Tripoli Eyalet (1579–1864) Under Syria Vilayet (1864–1918) |
Year Start: | 1579 |
Event End: | Armistice of Mudros |
Year End: | 1918 |
Image Map Caption: | Latakia Sanjak in 1914 |
Border P1: | border |
S1: | Occupied Enemy Territory Administration |
Border S2: | no |
Capital: | Latakia |
Today: | Syria |
The Latakia Sanjak (Arabic: سنجق اللاذقية) was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day Syria. The city of Latakia was the Sanjak's capital. It had a population of 144,447 in 1914.[1] The sanjak included four districts (kaza): Latakia (Lazikiyye), Jableh (Cebele), Sahyun (Sahyûn) and Margat (Markab).