Sanjak of Monastir

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]

Bitola
Florina
Kičevo
Prilep
Ohrid

And the mudurluk of:

Prespa
Resen
Ekşisu
Mariovo

–1908

The sub-districts, kaza, of the Sanjak of Manastir included (before 1908):^[2]

Monastir (Bitola)
Pirlepe (Prilep)
Florina
Kıraçova (Kičevo)
Ohrid

Demographics

1897

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:^[3]

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

References

^ Vakalopoulos, Kostandinos A. Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912), Thessaloniki, 1988, p. 75
^ "Ottoman Provinces before 1908" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Jedna statistika iz srednje Maćedonije". Nova Iskra (15–16): 251. 26 July 1899.

[1] Vakalopoulos, Kostandinos A. Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912), Thessaloniki, 1988, p. 75

[2] "Ottoman Provinces before 1908" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[3] "Jedna statistika iz srednje Maćedonije". Nova Iskra (15–16): 251. 26 July 1899.

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