The Vilayet of Sivas; ) was one of the vilayets of the Ottoman Empire

Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire

The Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire were introduced with the promulgation of the "Vilayet Law" in 1864, as part of the administrative reforms that were being enacted throughout the empire...

. It was also one of the Six vilayets. The vilayet was bordered by Erzurum Vilayet to the east, Mamuretülaziz Vilayet to the south-east, the Trebizond Vilayet to the north and Ankara Vilayet to the west. These comprised historical Lesser Armenia

Lesser Armenia

Lesser Armenia , also known as Armenia Minor and Armenia Inferior, refers to the Armenian populated regions, primarily to the West and North-West of the ancient Armenian Kingdom...

 and Second Armenia.

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 32308 square miles (83,677.3 km²), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 996,126. The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.

Administrative divisions

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:

1. Sanjak of Sivas
2. Sanjak of Amasya
   Amasya
   - History :Its location in this steep valley makes the city a mountain stronghold, easy to defend, and thus Amasya has had a long and prominent history.-Antiquity:...
   
   
3. Sanjak of Karahisar-i-Sarki
4. Sanjak of Tokad

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