title: Vidin Eyalet
text: # Vidin Eyalet
  
  The Eyalet of Vidin (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت ویدین; Eyālet-i Vīdīn) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire located in the territory of present-day north-western Bulgaria. It was formed in 1846 and its administrative centre was Vidin. It was incorporated into Danube Province in 1864 and its sanjaks were reduced to townships except Vidin.
  
  ## Administrative divisions
  
  Sanjaks of the Eyalet in the mid-19th century:
  
  * Sanjak of Tirnova
  * Sanjak of Vidin
  * Sanjak of Lom
  