Sanjak of Avlona
| Sanjak of Avlona Sanxhaku i Vlorës | |||||||||
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| Sanjak of Ottoman Empire | |||||||||
| 1466–1912 | |||||||||
Sanjak of Avlona in the late 19th century | |||||||||
| Capital | Initially Avlonya, later Berat | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Construction of Elbasan Castle | 1466 | ||||||||
| 1912 | |||||||||
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| Today part of | Albania | ||||||||
The Sanjak of Avlona (Turkish: Avlonya Sancağı, Albanian: Sanxhaku i Vlorës; sometimes referred to as the Sanjak of Berat because of its county town) was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire whose county town was Berat in Albania. It was established in 1466, after the construction of the Elbasan Castle of the territory that belonged to the preceding Ottoman sanjak, Sanjak of Albania.