The Vilayet of the Hejaz (Arabic: ولاية الحجاز, romanized: Wilāyat al-Ḥijāz; Ottoman Turkish: ولايت حجاز, romanized: Vilâyet-i Hicaz) refers to the coastal region of Arabia when it was administered as a first-level province (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had an area of 96,500 square miles (250,000 km2).
The Vilayet of the Hejaz (Arabic: ولاية الحجاز, romanized: Wilāyat al-Ḥijāz; Ottoman Turkish: ولايت حجاز, romanized: Vilâyet-i Hicaz) refers to the coastal region of Arabia when it was administered as a first-level province (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, it reportedly had an area of 96,500 square miles (250,000 km2).
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