Monastir Vilayet

ولايت مناستر‎ Vilâyet-i Manastır Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire ← 1864–1912 →   →   → Monastir Vilayet in 1900 Capital Bitola (Manastır)[1] History  - Established 1864  - Disestablished 1912 Population  - 1911[2] 1,069,789  Today part of  Albania  Macedonia  Greece

The Vilayet of Monastir^[3] (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت مناستر, Vilâyet-i Manastır)^[4] was an Ottoman vilayet, created in 1864. The Monastir Vilayet was occupied during the First Balkan War in 1912 and later divided between Principality of Albania, Kingdom of Greece and Kingdom of Serbia.

Demographics

There have been a number of estimates about the ethnicity and the religious affiliation of the local population. The last onw was published on December 21, 1912.^[5] According of this publication on 1912 the total population of 747,000 inhabitants. The vilayet was predominantly inhabited by Bulgarians which were Christian and Albanians, most of which were Muslims.

Official statistic of 1912 on Vilajet Monastir[5]
Ethnicity	Number
Bulgarians Christian	331,000
Albanians Muslim	219,000
Wallachs Orthodox	65,000
Greeks Orthodox	62,000
Mixed	35,000
Bulgarians Muslim	24,000
Turks Muslim	11,500
Total	747,000

Administrative divisions

Admiistrative division of Monastir Vilayet before 1912^[6]

• Sanjak of Monastir: Kazas of Monastir, Pirlepe, Florina, Kıraçova and Ohri
• Sanjak of Serfice (Between 1864-1867 and 1873–1892): Kazas of Serfice, Kozana, Alasonya, Cuma (Its center was Serfice Cuması, present name is unknown), Nasliç and Grebne.
• Sanjak of Dibra: Kazas of Debre-i Bala, Mat, Debre-i Zir (Its center was Piskopoya), Rakalar (Now in Republic of Macedonia and present name is unknown).
• Sanjak of Elbasan (İlbasan): Kazas of İlbasan, Grameç and Peklin
• Sanjak of Görice: Kazas of Görice, İstarova, Kolonya (Its center was Ersek) and Kesriye.

References

1. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 Edition, Monastir.
2. ^ Teaching Modern Southeast European History. Alternative Educational Materials, p. 26
3. ^  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Macedonia". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
4. ^ Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Manastır ("Yearbook of the Vilayet of Monastir"), Manastır vilâyet matbaası, Manastır [Macedonia], 1292 [1871]. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Libray.
5. ^ ^{a b} Published on December 21, 1912 - view the table of Vilajet Monastir: Skynet GodsdBalkan
6. ^ http://tarihvemedeniyet.org/documents/makaleler/20.%20yy%20Osmanli%20Vilayetleri.pdf Ottoman Provinces before 1908

External links

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Monastir". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Monastir. 

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See also the list of short-lived Ottoman provinces