Sanjak of Monastir
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]
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 Patriarchists: 51,749
- Slavic Muslims, probably albanians : 8,251
- Albanian Muslims : 65,259
- Albanian Christians: 11,723
- Vlachs (Aromanians): 22,681
- Turks, Ottomans ( maybe Albanians ): 24,923
- Jews: 4,270
- Others: ...
References
- ^ Vakalopoulos, Kostandinos A. Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912), Thessaloniki, 1988, p. 75
- ^ "Ottoman Provinces before 1908" (Document).
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ignored (help) - ^ "Jedna statistika iz srednje Maćedonije". Nova Iskra (15–16): 251. 26 July 1899.