Scutari Vilayet

The Vilayet of Shkodra ( Turkish İşkodra Vilayeti, Albanian Vilajeti i Shkodrës ) was a province ( vilayet ) of the Ottoman Empire and was 1867-1913, when it in the newly independent Albanian state, the Principality of Albania, came up. The Vilayet had an area of 13,800 square kilometers, population 349,455 (1911) and Shkodra as its capital. The population consisted mainly of Albanians who considered themselves to Islam, Orthodox Christianity or Catholicism.

The province was divided further into two Sandschaks:

  • Sanjak İşkodra
  • Sanjak Dirac ( Durres )
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