The Vilayet of Manastir[ Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Manastır ("Yearbook of the Vilayet of Monastir"), Manastır vilâyet matbaası, Manastır Macedonia, 1292 1875. in the website of Hathi Trust Digital Library.] was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, created in 1874, dissolved in 1877 and re-established in 1879.
Administrative divisions
Initially the Manastir Vilayet had the following sanjaks:
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Sanjak of Manastir
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Sanjak of Prizren
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Sanjak of Dibra
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Sanjak of Scutari
After some administrative reforms accomplished in 1867 and 1877 parts of the Manastir Vilayet were ceded to newly established Scutari Vilayet (1867) and Kosovo Vilayet (1877).
The administrative divisions of the Manastir Vilayet until 1912 were:[http://tarihvemedeniyet.org/documents/makaleler/20.%20yy%20Osmanli%20Vilayetleri.pdf Ottoman Provinces before 1908]
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Sanjak of Monastir: Kazas of Manastir (Bitola), Pirlepe (Prilep), Florina, Kıraçova (Kičevo) and Ohrid.
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Sanjak of Serfiğe (Between 1864-1867 and 1873–1892): Kazas of Serfiçe (modern Servia), Kozani (modern Kozani), Elasson (modern Elasson), Kayalar (Ptolemaida), Nasliç (modern Neapolis, Kozani) and Grevena (modern Grevena).
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Sanjak of Dibra: Kazas of Debre-i Bala (Debar), Mat District, Debre-i Zir (Its center was Peshkopi), Rakalar (region around river Radika (its local name is River region ().
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Sanjak of Elbasan (İlbasan): Kazas of Elbasan, Grameç and Peqin.
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Sanjak of Görice: Kazas of Görice (Korçë), İstarova (Pogradec), Kolonya (Erseke) (Its center was Ersek) and Kesriye (Kastoria).
Demographics
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:
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Turks, Ottomans: 78,867
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Albanians, Ghegs: 144,918
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Albanians, Tosks: 81,518
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Albanians, Christians: 35,525
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Slavs, Exarchists: 186,656
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Slavs, Patriarchists: 93,694
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Slavs, Muslims: 11,542
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Greeks, Christians: 97,439
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Greeks, Muslims: 10,584
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Vlachs (Aromanians): 53,227
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Jews: 5,270
1906/07
According to the 1906/07 Ottoman census the vilayet had a total population of 824,828 people, ethnically consisting as:
[Kemal Karpat (1985), Ottoman Population, 1830-1914, Demographic and Social Characteristics, The University of Wisconsin Press, p. 168-169]
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Muslims - 328,551
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Christian Greeks - 286,001
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Christian Bulgarians - 197,088
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Vlachs - 5,556
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Jews - 5,459
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Gypsies - 2,104
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Armenians - 8
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Protestantism - 5
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Catholicism - 3
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Foreign citizens - 53
1911
According to Ottoman census data, the ethnoreligious composition in 1911 was the following (Serbs and Orthodox Albanians were included as either Greeks or Bulgarians):
[ Teaching Modern Southeast European History . Alternative Educational Materials, p. 26]
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:
[Published on December 21, 1912 in the Belgian magazine Ons Volk Ontwaakt (Our Nation Awakes) - view the table of Vilajet Manastir: Skynet GodsdBalkan ]
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