Sanjak of Monastir explained

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

Ottoman censuses

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:

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

Notes and References

1. Vakalopoulos, Kostandinos A. Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912), Thessaloniki, 1988, p. 75
2. Web site: Ottoman Provinces before 1908.
3. Jedna statistika iz srednje Maćedonije. 26 July 1899. Nova Iskra. 15–16. 251.