Sandžak
Sign in to saveSandžak (; ) is a historical and geo-political region in the Balkans, located in the southwestern part of Serbia and the eastern part of Montenegro. The Bosnian/Serbian term Sandžak derives from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative district founded in 1865. Sandžak is inhabited by a majority of ethnic Bosniaks.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sandžak
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- sh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Geopolitical region
- Settlement.image_map
- Sandzak region map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Sandžak
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Countries
- Settlement.seat_type
- Largest city
- Settlement.seat
- Novi Pazar
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8,686
- Settlement.population_total
- 372,159 Serbian part of Sandžak (233,091) Montenegrin part of Sandžak (139,068)
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.iso_code
- SRB MNE
- Settlement.population_density_sq_mi
- auto
- Settlement.registration_plate
- NP, TT, SJ, PP, PB, NV in PV, BP, BA, AN, RO, GS, PT, PL in
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19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- Ottoman rule
- Balkan Wars and the World War I
- World War II
- Yugoslavia
- 1991 Referendum on autonomy
- Contemporary period
- Demographics
- Ethnic structure
- Religious structure
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- Bibliography
- External links
Sandžak (; ) is a historical and geo-political region in the Balkans, located in the southwestern part of Serbia and the eastern part of Montenegro. The Bosnian/Serbian term Sandžak derives from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative district founded in 1865. Sandžak is inhabited by a majority of ethnic Bosniaks.
Various empires and kingdoms have ruled over the region. In the 12th century, Sandžak was part of the region of Raška under the medieval Serbian Kingdom. During the Ottoman territorial expansion into the western Balkans in a series of wars, the region became an important administrative district, with Novi Pazar as its administrative center. Sandžak was under Austro-Hungarian occupation between 1878 and 1909 as a garrison, until an agreement between Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire resulted in the withdrawal of Austro-Hungarian troops from Sandžak in exchange for full control over Bosnia. In 1912, it was divided between the Kingdom of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Serbia.
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