Bitlis vilayet

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Former Subdivision Bitlis Vilayet (Template:Langx Bit'lisi vilayet' , Ottoman Turkish: ولایت بتليس Vilâyet-i Bitlis) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the Ottoman Empire. Before the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) it had been part of the Erzurum Vilayet, it was then made a separate vilayet by the Sublime Porte. It was one of the six Armenian vilayets of the Empire.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Bitlis Vilayet reportedly had an area of Template:Convert, while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 388,625. The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered.

Bitlis and Muş were formerly included in the Eyalet of Erzurum. In 1875, they were detached and made a separate vilayet. The sanjak of Siirt was joined to the vilayet of Bitlis from Diyarbekir Vilayet in 1883–84.

Administrative divisions

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Map of subdivisions of Bitlis Vilayet in 1907

Sanjaks of Bitlis Vilayet:

1. Sanjak of Bitlis (Bitlis, Ahlat, Hizan, Mutki)
2. Sanjak of Muş (Muş, Bulanık, Sason, Malazgirt, Varto)
3. Sanjak of Siirt (Siirt, Eruh, Pervari, Şirvan, Kurtalan)
4. Sanjak of Genç (Genç, Çapakçur, Kulp)

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