The Vilayet of Manastir () 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.
Administrative divisions
Initially the Manastir Vilayet had the following sanjaks: Sanjak of Manastir Sanjak of Prizren 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 (). 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).
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:
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
1906/07
According to the 1906/07 Ottoman census the vilayet had a total population of 824,828 people, ethnically consisting as: Muslims - 328,551 Christian Greeks - 286,001 Christian Bulgarians - 197,088 Wallachians - 5,556 Jews - 5,459 Gypsies - 2,104 Armenians - 8 Protestants - 5 Latins - 3 Foreign citizens - 53
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: Orthodox Bulgarians - 331,000 Muslim Albanians - 219,000 Orthodox Vlachs - 65,500 Orthodox Greeks - 62,000 Muslim Bulgarians - 24,000 Muslim Turks - 11,500 mixed - 35,000