Chaneti

Lazistān Sancağı Lazistan Sanjak
Sanjak of Ottoman Empire
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Sanjak of Lazistan, 1914
Capital		Batumi (until 1878) Rize (1878–1925)
History
•	Ottoman annexation of southern Guria	1551
•	incorporated to Erzurum Eyalet	1578
•	Trebizond Eyalet	1598
•	Trebizond Vilayet	1867
•	according to Treaty of Berlin eastern portion of Lazistan sanjak became part of the Batum Oblast of Russian Empire	1878
•	Abolished by Republic of Turkey	1925
Area
•	1873	7,000 km2(2,703 sq mi)
Population
•	1873	400,000
	Density	57.1 /km2  (148 /sq mi)
Today part of		Turkey  Georgia

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Lazistan (Laz: ლაზონა, Lazona; Georgian: ჭანეთი/ლაზეთი, Chaneti/Lazeti; Ottoman Turkish: لازستان‎, Lazistān) was the Ottoman administrative name for the sanjak (under Trebizond Vilayet) comprising the Laz or Lazuri-speaking population on the southeastern shore of the Black Sea. It covered the land of contemporary Rize Province and the littoral of contemporary Artvin Province.

In ancient times, the region was a part of the Colchis later known as Lazica. After the 6th century AD, the eastern part of Lazistan became part of Kingdom of Abkhazia, whilst the western part constituted a part of the theme of Chaldia. With the collapse of direct Byzantine rule in eastern Anatolia after the Crusader Capture of Constantinople in 1204, the theme of Chaldia became part of newly formed Empire of Trebizond, In the eastern part of empire, was created autonomous coastal theme of Greater Lazia. theme contained lands between modern Of, Rize, Pazar including Ardeşen and Arhavi-Hopa areas, the borders of this district remained basically identical over 300 years later.

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