Sanjak of Monastir

The Sanjak of Monastir or Manastir () 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):

• 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):

• 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:

• Bulgarian Exarchists: 151,863
• Greek Patriarchists: 51,749
• Pomaks: 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:

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