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Manastir Vilayet

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1874–1877 1879–1912
  
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Disestablished
  
1912

Capital
  
Bitola

Established
  
1874

1911
  
1,069,789

Manastir Vilayet

Today part of
  
Albania  Macedonia  Greece  Kosovo

The Vilayet of Manastir (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت مناستر, Vilâyet-i Manastır‎) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, created in 1874, dissolved in 1877 and re-established in 1879. The vilayet was occupied during the First Balkan War in 1912 and divided between the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Serbia, with some parts later becoming part of the newly established Principality of Albania.

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Administrative divisions

Initially the Manastir Vilayet had the following sanjaks:

  • Sanjak of Manastir
  • Sanjak of Prizren
  • Sanjak of Üsküb
  • Sanjak of Dibra
  • Sanjak of Scutari

    • After administrative reforms in 1867 and 1877 some parts of the Manastir Vilayet were ceded to newly established Scutari Vilayet (1867) and Kosovo Vilayet (1877).

    Administrative divisions of Manastir Vilayet until 1912:

  • Sanjak of Manastir: Kazas of Manastir (Bitola), Pirlepe (Prilep), Florina, Kıraçova (Kičevo) and Ohrid.
  • Sanjak of Serfiğe (Between 1864-1867 and 1873–1892): Kazas of Serfiçe (modern Servia), Kozana (modern Kozani), Alasonya (modern Elasson), Kayalar (Ptolemaida), Nasliç (modern Neapolis, Kozani) and Grebne (modern Grevena).
  • Sanjak of Dibra: Kazas of Debre-i Bala (Debar), Mat, Debre-i Zir (Its center was Piskopoya), Rakalar (region around river Radika (its local name is River region (Macedonian: Река).
  • Sanjak of Elbasan (İlbasan): Kazas of İlbasan, Grameç and Peklin.
  • Sanjak of Görice: Kazas of Görice (Korçë), İstarova (Pogradec), Kolonya (Erseke) (Its center was Ersek) and Kesriye (Kastoria).

    • 1897

    According to Russian consul in the Manastir Vilayet, A. Rostkovski, finishing the statistical article in 1897, the total population was 803,340, with Rostkovski grouping the population into the following groups:

  • Turks, Ottomans: 78,867
  • Albanians, Ghegs: 144,918
  • Albanians, Tosks: 81,518
  • Albanians, Christians: 35,525
  • Slavs, Exarchists: 186,656
  • Slavs, Patriarchists: 93,694
  • Slavs, Muslims: 11,542
  • Greeks, Christians: 97,439
  • Greeks, Muslims: 10,584
  • Vlachs (Aromanians): 53,227
  • Jews: 5,270

    • 1912

    According to an estimation published in a Belgian magazine, the ethnic composition in 1912 when the vilayet was dissolved during the First Balkan War was:

  • Muslim Albanians - 219,000
  • Muslim Turks - 11,500
  • Muslim Bulgarians - 24,000
  • Orthodox Greeks - 62,000
  • Orthodox Bulgarians - 331,000
  • Orthodox Vlachs - 65,500
  • mixed - 35,000

    • References

    Manastir Vilayet Wikipedia
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