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The Vilayet of Adana was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire in the south-east of Asia Minor, which encompassed the region of Cilicia. It was established in May 1869. Adana Vilayet bordered with Konya Vilayet, Ankara Vilayet and Sivas Vilayet, and Haleb Vilayet. Adana Vilayet corresponds to the modern region of Çukurova in Turkey.

Demographics
At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had an area of , while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 402,439. The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered. ==Economic history==
Economic history
It was described by the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica as rich in unexploited mineral wealth in the mountainous districts, and fertile in the coast-plain, which produced cotton, rice, cereals, sugar and fruit. Pyrite was mined in the region in the early 20th century. ==Administrative divisions==
Administrative divisions
Sanjaks of the Vilayet and their kazas: • Sanjak of Adana (Adana (seat), Hamidiye, Karaisalı) • Sanjak of Mersin (Mersin (seat), Tarsus) • Sanjak of Cebel-i Bereket (Yarpuz (seat), Osmaniye, İslahiye, Bulanık, Hassa) • Sanjak of Kozan (Sis (seat), Hacın, Feke, Kars-ı Zülkadriye) • Sanjak of İçel (Silifke (seat), Anamur, Ermenek, Gülnar, Mut) == See also ==
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