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):Vakalopoulos, Kostandinos A. Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912), Thessaloniki, 1988, p. 75 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: Ethnoconfessional group Ottoman Census of 1881–1882 % Ottoman Census of 1905–1906% Orthodox Bulgarians 162,79649.8 171,61847.9 Muslims 87,29226.7 95,19126.6 Orthodox Greeks 72,60022.2 85,72923.9 Jews 4,2741.3 4,5591.3 Wallachians N/AN/A 6520.1 Gypsies N/AN/A 5350.1 Protestants 380.0 -0.0 Armenians 260.0 20.0 Foreign citizens 470.0 310.0 Total 327,073100.0 358,317100.0
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