The Vilayet of Angora () or Ankara was a first-level administrative division (

vilayet A vilayet (, "province"), also known by #Names, various other names, was a first-order administrative division of the later Ottoman Empire. It was introduced in the Vilayet Law of 21 January 1867, part of the Tanzimat reform movement initiated b ...

) of the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

, centered on the city of Angora (

Ankara Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...

) in north-central

Anatolia Anatolia (), also known as Asia Minor, is a peninsula in West Asia that makes up the majority of the land area of Turkey. It is the westernmost protrusion of Asia and is geographically bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Aegean ...

, which included most of ancient Galatia.

Demographics

At the beginning of the 20th century it reportedly had an area of , while the preliminary results of the first Ottoman census of 1885 (published in 1908) gave the population as 892,901.Asia
by A. H. Keane, page 459 The accuracy of the population figures ranges from "approximate" to "merely conjectural" depending on the region from which they were gathered. 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. An important industry was carpet-weaving at Kırşehir and

Kayseri Kayseri () is a large List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since anc ...

. There were mines of silver, copper, lignite and salt, and many hot springs, including some of great repute medicinally. Rock salt and fuller's earth was also mined in the area.

Weaving Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth. Other methods are knitting, crocheting, felting, and braiding or plaiting. The longitudinal ...

was a popular industry in the vilayet but declined after the introduction of the railroad, where locals would export

wool Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have some properties similar to animal w ...

and mohair instead of weaving it. A small carpet industry was also found in the region in the early 20th century.

Administrative divisions

250px, Map of subdivisions of Angora Vilayet in 1907 Sanjaks of the Vilayet:Ankara Vilayeti , Tarih ve Medeniyet
/ref> # Sanjak of Ankara (

, Ayaş, Beypazarı, Sivrihisar,

Çubuk Çubuk is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,198 km2, and its population is 95,449 (2022). Çubuk is in a flat plain 35 km north of the city of Ankara, where Ankara airport is loca ...

, Nallıhan, Haymana,

Kızılcahamam Kızılcahamam is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,623 km2, and its population is 26,872 (2022). It is 70 km north of the city of Ankara, near the motorway to Istanbul. Its elevati ...

, Mihalıççık, Balâ, Kalecik) # Sanjak of Bozok ( Yozgat, Akdağmadeni, Boğazlıyan) # Sanjak of Kayseri (

, Develi, İncesu) # Sanjak of Kırşehir ( Kırşehir, Mucur, Hacıbektaş, Keskin, Çiçekdağı, Avanos) # Sanjak of Çorum ( Çorum, Osmancık, Kargı, Sungurlu, İskilip)

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* * {{Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire, expanded = Vilayets 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