The Sanjak of Acre (; ), often referred as Late Ottoman Galilee, was a prefecture (

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) of the

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, located in modern-day northern

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. The city of

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was the Sanjak's capital. Acre was captured by the Ottoman Sultan

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in 1517, but the city fell into disuse soon thereafter and was governed under the Sanjak of Safad during 16th-18th centuries. Acre was the center of the Nahiya of Acre, a subdistrict of the sanjak, which also included the villages of Buqei'a, Al-Tira,

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, Kafr Yasif,

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and

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. Acre was the center of a major economic boom under the leadership of

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during the late 18th century. The Sanjak of Acre was created c. early 18th century as a prefecture of the

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. The Sidon Eyalet later became known as the Acre Eyalet between 1775 and 1841 when Acre was designated as the eyalet's capital city. Following the promulgation of the Vilayet Law as per the then-ongoing

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, or administrative reforms, in 1864, the sanjak of Acre was annexed to the newly created Syria Vilayet. In 1888, the sanjaks of Acre,

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, Tripoli,

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, and

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were separated from the Syria Vilayet and transferred to the Beirut Vilayet.Eurosis
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Subdistricts

The sanjak was made up of five districts (

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s): * Kaza of

(Akka) * Kaza of

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(Hayfa) * Kaza of

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* Kaza of

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(Nasıra) * Kaza of

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(Taberiye)

References

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