Angora vilayet
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:Infobox Former Subdivision The Vilayet of Angora[1] (Template:Langx) 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 Script error: No such module "convert"., while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 892,901.[2] The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.[2] As of 1920, The population of Angora Vilayat is consisted mostly Muslim Turks . Also Armenian Minority was exist .
Economy
It was an agricultural country, depending for its prosperity on its grain, wool and the mohair obtained from the Angora goats.[3] An important industry was carpet-weaving at Kırşehir and Kayseri.[3] There were mines of silver, copper, lignite and salt, and many hot springs, including some of great repute medicinally.[3] Rock salt and fuller's earth was also mined in the area.[4]
Weaving was a popular industry in the vilayet but declined after the introduction of the railroad, where locals would export wool and mohair instead of weaving it. A small carpet industry was also found in the region in the early 20th century.[5]
Administrative divisions
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Sanjaks of the Vilayet:[6]
- Sanjak of Ankara (Ankara, Ayaş, Beypazarı, Sivrihisar, Çubuk, Nallıhan, Haymana, Kızılcahamam, Mihalıççık, Balâ, Kalecik)
- Sanjak of Bozok (Yozgat, Akdağmadeni, Boğazlıyan)
- Sanjak of Kayseri (Kayseri, Develi, İncesu)
- Sanjak of Kırşehir (Kırşehir, Mucur, Hacıbektaş, Keskin, Çiçekdağı, Avanos)
- Sanjak of Çorum (Çorum, Osmancık, Kargı, Sungurlu, İskilip)
References
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- ↑ Template:Trim&pg=PA1796 Geographical Dictionary of the World, p. 1796, at Google Books
- ↑ a b Asia by A. H. Keane, page 459
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- ↑ Ankara Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet
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External links
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- Angora vilayet
- Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia
- History of Ankara
- History of Ankara Province
- History of Çorum Province
- History of Eskişehir Province
- History of Kayseri Province
- History of Kırıkkale Province
- History of Kırşehir Province
- History of Nevşehir Province
- History of Yozgat Province
- 1867 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
- 1922 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire