Sanjak of Monastir, late 19th century.
The Sanjak of Monastir or Manastir (Turkish : Manastir Sancağı ) or Bitola , was a sanjak within the Rumelia Eyalet (1465–1867) and then the Manastir Vilayet (1874–1912). The administrative seat was in Manastir (Bitola) .
Sub-districts
1880
The sub-districts, kaza , of the Sanjak of Manastir included (in 1880):[ 1]
And the mudurluk of:
Prespa
Resen
Ekşisu
Mariovo
–1908
The sub-districts, kaza , of the Sanjak of Manastir included (before 1908):[ 2]
Demographics
1897
Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Sanjak of Monastir as per the 1881-82 Census[ 3]
Muslims (26.7%)
According to Russian consul in the Manastir Vilayet, A. Rostkovski, finishing the statistical article in 1897, the total population of the sanjak was 308,996, with Rostkovski grouping the population into the following groups:[ 4]
Slavic Exarchists: 151,863
Slavic Patriarchists: 51,749
Slavic Muslims: 8,251
Albanian Muslims: 45,259
Albanian Christians: 723
Vlachs (Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians ): 22,681
Turks, Ottomans: 24,923
Jews: 4,270
Ottoman censuses
Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Sanjak of Monastir as per the 1905-1906 Census[ 3]
Muslims (26.6%)
Miscellaneous (0.2%)
According to the 1881–1882 and the 1905–1906 census of the Ottoman Empire , the population of the Sanjak of Manastir is distributed, as follows:[ 3]
Ethnoconfessional group
Ottoman Census of 1881-1882
%
Ottoman Census of 1905-1906
%
Orthodox Bulgarians
162,796
49.8
171,618
47.9
Muslims
87,292
26.7
95,191
26.6
Orthodox Greeks
72,600
22.2
85,729
23.9
Jews
4,274
1.3
4,559
1.3
Wallachians
N/A
N/A
652
0.1
Gypsies
N/A
N/A
535
0.1
Protestants
38
0.0
-
0.0
Armenians
26
0.0
2
0.0
Foreign citizens
47
0.0
31
0.0
Total
327,073
100.0
358,317
100.0
References
Modern names in parentheses
Albanians under the Ottoman Empire
History
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