Angora vilayet

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ولايت آنقره
Vilâyet-i Ânḳara
the Ottoman Empire
1867–1922

The Angora Vilayet in 1890
CapitalAngora (Ankara)[1]
History 
1867
• Disestablished
1922
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Ankara Eyalet
Turkey
Today part ofTurkey

The Vilayet of Angora

romanized: Vilâyet-i Ankara) or Ankara was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire, centered on the city of Angora (Ankara) in north-central Anatolia, which included most of ancient Galatia
.

Demographics

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of 32,339 square miles (83,760 km2), while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 892,901.

Muslim from Turkey, and Armenian Christians.[5]

Economy

It was an agricultural country, depending for its prosperity on its grain, wool and the

Rock salt and fuller's earth was also mined in the area.[6]

carpet industry was also found in the region in the early 20th century.[7]

Administrative divisions

Map of subdivisions of Angora Vilayet in 1907

Sanjaks of the Vilayet:[8]

  1. Sanjak of Ankara (
    Balâ, Kalecik
    )
  2. Sanjak of Bozok (Yozgat, Akdağmadeni, Boğazlıyan)
  3. Sanjak of Kayseri (Kayseri, Develi, İncesu)
  4. Sanjak of Kırsehir (
    Çiçekdağı, Avanos
    )
  5. Sanjak of Çorum (Çorum, Osmancık, Kargı, Sungurlu, İskilip)

Villages

There was an Armenian village called Stanoz in proximity to Angora. Much of the Armenian population was lost after the Armenian genocide. By 2020 there was a cemetery remaining.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Angora" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  2. Turkish General Staff. pp. 605–606. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  3. ^ Geographical Dictionary of the World, p. 1796, at Google Books
  4. ^
    A. H. Keane
    , page 459
  5. ^ Prothero, G.W. (1920). Anatolia. London: H.M. Stationery Office.
  6. ^ Prothero, G.W. (1920). Anatolia. London: H.M. Stationery Office. p. 107.
  7. ^ Prothero, G.W. (1920). Anatolia. London: H.M. Stationery Office. p. 112.
  8. ^ Ankara Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet
  9. ^ Sassounian, Harut (2002-03-02). "Remnants of an Old Armenian Village Near Ankara". Armenian Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-25.

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