Sandžak is a region of the Balkans lying in the corridor between Serbia and Montenegro. Its centre is the city of Novi Pazar (Yeni Pazar), and the majority of its population are Bosniaks and other Muslims. The region is called Sandžak because the Ottoman Empire's last sanjak in Europe remained here. In the final years of the Ottoman Empire, part of Sandžak lay within the Bosnia Eyalet and part within the Kosovo Vilayet.
Located in the middle of the Balkan Peninsula, between Serbia and Montenegro, Sandžak borders Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Kosovo to the southeast and Albania to the south. Its original name, given by the Ottoman Empire, was Yeni Pazar (Novi Pazar), and during the Ottoman era it was one of the seven sanjaks under Bosnia. The region also included the Kosovska Mitrovica area, which now lies within Kosovo, and the Rudo area, within the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The part that lies within Serbia today includes the towns of Novi Pazar (Yeni Pazar), Sjenica, Tutin, Nova Varoš, Prijepolje and Priboj, while the part within Montenegro includes Bijelo Polje (Akova), Pljevlja (Taşlıca), Berane and Plav. Sandžak is surrounded by the Golija, Rogozna, Javor, Zlatar and Bihor mountains.
