Sanjak of Kavala

Sanjak of Kavala
Ottoman Turkish: Liva-i Kavala
Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire
before 1588–ca. 1864
CapitalKavala
History 
• Established
before 1588
• Disestablished
ca. 1864
Today part ofGreece

The Sanjak of Kavala (Ottoman Turkish: Sancak-i/Liva-i Kavala; Greek: λιβάς/σαντζάκι Καβάλας) was a second-level Ottoman province (sanjak or liva) encompassing the region around the port town of Kavala (now in Greece) in eastern Macedonia.

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