Scutari vilayet

Vilâyet-i İşkodra
Vilajeti i Shkodrës
Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire
1867–1913
Flag of Scutari Vilayet
Flag

The Scutari Vilayet in 1867–1912
CapitalScutari (present-day Shkodër)
Area
 • Coordinates42°4′N 19°30′E / 42.067°N 19.500°E / 42.067; 19.500
Population 
• 1911[1]
349,455
History 
1867
1913
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sanjak of Scutari
Provisional Government of Albania
Kingdom of Montenegro
Today part ofMontenegro
Albania

The Vilayet of Scutari, Shkodër or Shkodra (Turkish: İşkodra Vilayeti or Vilayet-i İşkodra; Albanian: Vilajeti i Shkodrës) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire that existed from 1867 to 1913, located in parts of what today is Montenegro and Albania. In the late 19th century it reportedly had an area of 13,800 square kilometres (5,310 square miles).[2]

  1. ^ Teaching Modern Southeast European History Archived 20 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Alternative Educational Materials, p. 26
  2. ^ Europe by Éliseé Reclus, p. 152