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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vil%C3%A2yet_Tuna" title="Vilâyet Tuna – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Vilâyet Tuna" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%94%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%B7" title="Βιλαέτι του Δούναβη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βιλαέτι του Δούναβη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valiato_del_Danubio" title="Valiato del Danubio – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" 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.infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1048730501">.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv{border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv td,.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .mergedrow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .mergedrow .infobox-full-data{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-native{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms,.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms td{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms table{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms tbody tr:first-child td{width:50%;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}</style><table class="infobox ib-former-subdiv vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Vilayet of the Danube<div class="ib-former-subdiv-native nickname"><span title="Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)-language text"><span lang="ota" dir="rtl">ولايت طونه</span></span><br /><i>Vilâyet-i Tûna</i><br /><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Дунавска област</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category"><a href="/wiki/Vilayet" title="Vilayet">Vilayet</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="The Ottoman Empire">the Ottoman Empire</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category">1864–1878</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px 3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_(1844%E2%80%931922).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Danube Vilayet"><img alt="Flag of Danube Vilayet" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/188px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_Ottoman_Empire_%281844%E2%80%931922%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> </div> <div>Flag</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Danube_Vilayet,_Ottoman_Balkans_(1860s).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Danube_Vilayet%2C_Ottoman_Balkans_%281860s%29.png/220px-Danube_Vilayet%2C_Ottoman_Balkans_%281860s%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Danube_Vilayet%2C_Ottoman_Balkans_%281860s%29.png/330px-Danube_Vilayet%2C_Ottoman_Balkans_%281860s%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Danube_Vilayet%2C_Ottoman_Balkans_%281860s%29.png/440px-Danube_Vilayet%2C_Ottoman_Balkans_%281860s%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1145" /></a></span><br />The Danube Vilayet in 1877</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Rusçuk</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> • Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Danube_vilayet&params=43_0_N_25_0_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">43°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">25°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">43.000°N 25.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">43.000; 25.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1864 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,995,000<sup id="cite_ref-beewd_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beewd-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1864-1868 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Midhat_Pasha" title="Midhat Pasha">Hafiz Ahmed Midhat Shefik Pasha</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1876-1877 </div></th><td class="infobox-data">Oman Mazhar Ahmed</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Vilayet_Law" title="Vilayet Law">Vilayet Law</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1864</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Berlin" title="Congress of Berlin">Congress of Berlin</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">1878</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nis_Eyalet" class="mw-redirect" title="Nis Eyalet">Nis Eyalet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vidin_Eyalet" title="Vidin Eyalet">Vidin Eyalet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ozu_Eyalet" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozu Eyalet">Ozu Eyalet</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Bulgaria" title="Principality of Bulgaria">Principality of Bulgaria</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/20px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/30px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/40px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Serbia" title="Principality of Serbia">Principality of Serbia</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Serbia_%281835%E2%80%931882%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Serbia_%281835%E2%80%931882%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Serbia_%281835%E2%80%931882%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Serbia_%281835%E2%80%931882%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Serbia_%281835%E2%80%931882%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Serbia_%281835%E2%80%931882%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="844" data-file-height="563" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" title="Kingdom of Romania">Kingdom of Romania</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/20px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/30px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/40px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Rumelia" title="Eastern Rumelia">Eastern Rumelia</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Eastern_Rumelia.svg/20px-Flag_of_Eastern_Rumelia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Eastern_Rumelia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Eastern_Rumelia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Eastern_Rumelia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Eastern_Rumelia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Today part of</th><td class="infobox-data">Romania<br />Serbia<br />Bulgaria</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Vilayet of the Danube</b> or <b>Danubian Vilayet</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turkish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Turkish language">Ottoman Turkish</a>: <span lang="ota" dir="rtl">ولايت طونه</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ottoman_Turkish" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ottoman Turkish">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ottoman Turkish-language romanization"><i lang="ota-Latn">Vilâyet-i Tuna</i></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Дунавска област</span>, Dunavska(ta) oblast,<sup id="cite_ref-Straussp42_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Straussp42-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> more commonly Дунавски вилает, Danube Vilayet) was a first-level administrative division (<a href="/wiki/Vilayet" title="Vilayet">vilayet</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> from 1864 to 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-rm-eb_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rm-eb-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 19th century it reportedly had an area of 34,120 square miles (88,400 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-asia_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asia-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The vilayet was created from the northern parts of <a href="/wiki/Silistra_Province,_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Silistra Province, Ottoman Empire">Silistra Province</a> along the <a href="/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">Danube</a> River and eyalets of <a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%A1_Eyalet" title="Niš Eyalet">Niš</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vidin_Eyalet" title="Vidin Eyalet">Vidin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Silistra_Eyalet" title="Silistra Eyalet">Silistra</a>. This vilayet was meant to become a model province, showcasing all the progress achieved by the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Porte" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Porte">Porte</a> through the modernising <a href="/wiki/Tanzimat" title="Tanzimat">Tanzimat</a> reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other vilayets modelled on the vilayet of the Danube were ultimately established throughout the empire by 1876, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a> and the by then semi-independent Egypt.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rusçuk, today <a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Ruse</a> in Bulgaria, was chosen as the capital of the vilayet due to its position as a key Ottoman port on the Danube.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The province disappeared after the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%9378)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)">Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78</a>, when its north-eastern part (<a href="/wiki/Northern_Dobruja" title="Northern Dobruja">Northern Dobruja</a>) was incorporated into <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" title="Kingdom of Romania">Romania</a>, some of its western territories into <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Serbia" title="Kingdom of Serbia">Serbia</a>, while the central and southern regions made up most of the autonomous <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Bulgaria" title="Principality of Bulgaria">Principality of Bulgaria</a> and a part of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Rumelia" title="Eastern Rumelia">Eastern Rumelia</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Borders_and_administrative_divisions">Borders and administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danube_vilayet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Borders and administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon its establishment in 1864, the Danube Vilayet included the following sanjaks:<sup id="cite_ref-ShawShaw1977_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ShawShaw1977-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Sanjak of <a href="/wiki/Tulcea" title="Tulcea">Tulcea</a></li> <li>Sanjak of <a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a></li> <li>Sanjak of <a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Ruse</a></li> <li>Sanjak of <a href="/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo,_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria">Tărnovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Vidin" title="Sanjak of Vidin">Sanjak of Vidin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Sofia" title="Sanjak of Sofia">Sanjak of Sofia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ni%C5%A1" title="Sanjak of Niš">Sanjak of Niš</a></li></ol> <p>In 1868, the Sanjak of Niš was detached and made part of the Prizren Vilayet.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1876, the Sanjak of Niš and the Sanjak of Sofia were spun off into the short-lived Sofia Vilayet but were subsequently annexed to the Vilayets of <a href="/wiki/Adrianople_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Adrianople Vilayet">Adrianople</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Vilayet" class="mw-redirect" title="Kosovo Vilayet">Kosovo Vilayets</a> only a year later, in 1877.<sup id="cite_ref-koyuncu_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koyuncu-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danube_vilayet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Midhat_Pasha" title="Midhat Pasha">Midhat Pasha</a> was the first governor of the vilayet (1864–1868).<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his time as a governor, <a href="/wiki/Steamship_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Steamship line">steamship lines</a> were established on the <a href="/wiki/Danube_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Danube River">Danube River</a>; the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruse-Varna_railroad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ruse-Varna railroad (page does not exist)">Ruse-Varna railroad</a> was completed; <a href="/w/index.php?title=Agricultural_credit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agricultural credit (page does not exist)">agricultural credit</a> cooperatives providing farmers with low-interest loans were introduced; <a href="/wiki/Tax_incentive" title="Tax incentive">tax incentives</a> were also offered to encourage new industrial enterprises.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first official vilayet newspaper in the Ottoman Empire, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tuna/Dunav&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tuna/Dunav (page does not exist)">Tuna/Dunav</a></i>, was published in both Ottoman Turkish and Bulgarian and had both Ottoman and Bulgarian editors. Its editors in chief included <a href="/wiki/Ismail_Qemali" title="Ismail Qemali">Ismail Kemal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Midhat_Efendi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmed Midhat Efendi">Ahmed Midhat Efendi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The vilayet had an Administrative Assembly that included state officials appointed by the Ottoman government as well as six representatives (three Muslims and three non-Muslims) elected from among the inhabitants of the province.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Non-Muslims also participated in the provincial criminal and commercial courts that were based on a secular code of law and justice.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mixed Muslim-Christian schools were also introduced, but this reform was abolished after it was met by strong opposition by the populace.<sup id="cite_ref-otm-enc_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-otm-enc-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governors">Governors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danube_vilayet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Governors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Takvim-i_Vekayi_-_0773.pdf" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Takvim-i_Vekayi_-_0773.pdf/page1-220px-Takvim-i_Vekayi_-_0773.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Takvim-i_Vekayi_-_0773.pdf/page1-330px-Takvim-i_Vekayi_-_0773.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Takvim-i_Vekayi_-_0773.pdf/page1-440px-Takvim-i_Vekayi_-_0773.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6741" data-file-height="9522" /></a><figcaption>Ottoman Turkish version of the "Constitutive law of the department formed under the name of vilayet of the Danube" (<a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_language" title="Bulgarian language">Bulgarian</a>: <span lang="bg">Органически устав на департамента, създаден под наименование Дунавски вилает</span><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) as published in the <a href="/wiki/Takvim-i_Vekayi" title="Takvim-i Vekayi">Takvim-i Vekayi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Governors of the Vilayet:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Ahmed_Midhat_Shefik_Pasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Hafiz Ahmed Midhat Shefik Pasha">Hafiz Ahmed Midhat Shefik Pasha</a> (October 1864 - March 1868)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mehmed_Sabri_Pasha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mehmed Sabri Pasha (page does not exist)">Mehmed Sabri Pasha</a> (March 1868 - December 1868)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arnavud_Mehmed_Akif_Pasha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arnavud Mehmed Akif Pasha (page does not exist)">Arnavud Mehmed Akif Pasha</a> (February 1869 - October 1870)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=K%C3%BCc%C3%BCk_%C3%B6mer_Fevzi_Pasha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kücük ömer Fevzi Pasha (page does not exist)">Kücük ömer Fevzi Pasha</a> (October 1870 - October 1871)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmed_Rasim_Pasha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmed Rasim Pasha (page does not exist)">Ahmed Rasim Pasha</a> (October 1871 - June 1872)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Hamdi_Pasha" title="Ahmed Hamdi Pasha">Ahmed Hamdi Pasha</a> (June 1872 - April 1873)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdurrahman_Nureddin_Pasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha">Abdurrahman Nureddin Pasha</a> (April 1873 - April 1874)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mehmed_Asim_Pasha&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mehmed Asim Pasha (page does not exist)">Mehmed Asim Pasha</a> (April 1874 - September 1876)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halil_Rifat_Pasha" title="Halil Rifat Pasha">Halil Rifat Pasha</a> (October 1876 - February 1877)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oman_Mazhar_Ahmed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oman Mazhar Ahmed (page does not exist)">Oman Mazhar Ahmed</a> (1876–1877)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danube_vilayet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1865, 658,600 (40.51%) Muslims and 967,058 (59.49%) non-Muslims, including females, were living in the province (excluding <a href="/wiki/Nis,_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nis, Serbia">Niş</a> sanjak); some 569,868 (34.68%) Muslims, apart from the immigrants and 1.073.496 (65,32%) non-Muslims in 1859–1860.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some 250000-300000 Muslim immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> had been settled in this region from 1855 to 1864.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><em>Male</em> population of the Danube Vilayet (exclusive of the <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ni%C5%A1" title="Sanjak of Niš">Sanjak of Niš</a>) in 1865 according to Kuyûd-ı Atîk (the Danube Vilayet printing press):<sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:162px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:160px;height:160px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:80px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 127323.93771829px; border-left-color:Aquamarine"></div> <div 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style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:DarkRed"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:DarkRed"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 495.02972943051px; border-left-color:Gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Gold"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Gold"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 361.09527315895px; border-left-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;right:80px; top:80px; border-width:30.47530253257px 73.967938564951px 0 0; border-top-color:Salmon"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Salmon"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Danube Vilayet as per 1865 Population Register<sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Salmon; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarians</a> (56.22%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> Muslims (40.31%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Gold; color:black;"> </span> Vlachs (0.92%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkRed; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Armenians_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" title="Armenians in the Ottoman Empire">Armenians</a> (0.86%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:HotPink; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> (0.60%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkOrchid; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jews_in_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews in the Ottoman Empire">Jews</a> (0.44%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Yellow; color:black;"> </span> Christian Romani (0.44%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Aquamarine; color:black;"> </span> Muslim Romani (0.20%)</div> </div> </div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Danube Vilayet as per the 1865 Population Register<sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu1_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Community </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Rusçuk</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Vidin" title="Vidin">Vidin</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo" title="Veliko Tarnovo">Tırnova</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Tulcea" title="Tulcea">Tulça</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofya</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th>Danube Vilayet </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> Millet </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">138,017 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,611,319,534,568,000♠" style="display:none"></span>61%)</span> </td> <td>14,835 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,126,904,421,766,000♠" style="display:none"></span>13%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">38,230 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,735,545,935,546,000♠" style="display:none"></span>74%)</span> </td> <td>77,539 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,403,145,553,331,000♠" style="display:none"></span>40%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">38,479 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,646,847,210,315,000♠" style="display:none"></span>65%)</span> </td> <td>20,612 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,123,896,996,947,000♠" style="display:none"></span>12%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">327,712 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,403,174,591,457,000♠" style="display:none"></span>40%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Roma" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim Roma">Muslim Roma</a> </td> <td>312 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,138,194,349,091,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>245 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,209,582,631,160,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>118 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,227,032,227,032,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>128 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,998,665,505,498,220,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>19 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,998,319,397,515,424,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>766 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,460,436,152,052,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,588 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,195,367,045,221,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><a href="/wiki/Bulgar_Millet" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulgar Millet">Bulgar Millet</a> </td> <td>85,268 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,377,678,069,177,000♠" style="display:none"></span>38%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">93,613 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,800,802,402,074,000♠" style="display:none"></span>80%)</span> </td> <td>9,553 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,183,799,903,800,000♠" style="display:none"></span>18%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">113,213 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,588,624,015,390,000♠" style="display:none"></span>59%)</span> </td> <td>12,961 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,217,879,536,706,000♠" style="display:none"></span>22%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">142,410 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,856,014,522,373,000♠" style="display:none"></span>86%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0; text-align:right;">457,018 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,562,256,021,870,000♠" style="display:none"></span>56%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><a href="/wiki/Ullah_Millet" class="mw-redirect" title="Ullah Millet">Ullah Millet</a> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>7,446 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,636,960,110,865,000♠" style="display:none"></span>6%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,446 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,916,059,835,464,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Ermeni Millet</a> </td> <td>926 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,410,153,741,214,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>368 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,708,032,708,033,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>5,720 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,961,554,625,380,000♠" style="display:none"></span>10%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,014 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,862,912,125,429,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><a href="/wiki/Rum_Millet" class="mw-redirect" title="Rum Millet">Rum Millet</a> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>2,639 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,507,744,107,744,000♠" style="display:none"></span>5%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>2,215 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,372,350,261,402,000♠" style="display:none"></span>4%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,908 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,603,817,039,008,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">Non-Muslim <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani people</a> </td> <td>145 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,998,642,249,378,789,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>130 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,111,207,110,411,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>999 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,192,207,792,208,000♠" style="display:none"></span>2%)</span> </td> <td>1,455 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,756,492,578,054,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td>92 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,154,655,639,047,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>786 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,472,457,983,698,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,607 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,443,758,773,371,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0E0FF;"><a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Yahudi Millet</a> </td> <td>1,101 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,487,666,597,275,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>630 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,538,926,765,840,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td>14 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,998,269,360,269,360,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>1 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,997,168,103,955,486,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>1,790 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,107,595,393,234,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,536 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,435,023,848,804,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>TOTAL</b> </th> <th>225,769 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>116,899 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>51,975 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>192,335 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>59,487 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>166,364 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>812,829 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=File:LoiconstitutiveDanubeVilayet.pdf&page=5" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/LoiconstitutiveDanubeVilayet.pdf/page5-220px-LoiconstitutiveDanubeVilayet.pdf.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/LoiconstitutiveDanubeVilayet.pdf/page5-330px-LoiconstitutiveDanubeVilayet.pdf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/LoiconstitutiveDanubeVilayet.pdf/page5-440px-LoiconstitutiveDanubeVilayet.pdf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1383" data-file-height="1929" /></a><figcaption><i>Loi constitutive du département formé sous le nom de vilayet du Danube</i> ("Constitutive law of the department formed under the name of vilayet of the Danube") in French</figcaption></figure> <p><em>Male</em> Muslim & Non-Muslim population in the Danube Vilayet according to the Ottoman Salname for 1868:<sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu2_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Male Muslim & Non-Muslim Population in the Danube Vilayet as per the 1868 Ottoman Salname<sup id="cite_ref-auto_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu2_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu2-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="width:90pt;">Sanjak </th> <th colspan="2" style="background:#E0F0FF;">Muslims </th> <th colspan="2" style="background:#FFD0C0;">Non-Muslims </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:90pt;">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:80pt;">Number </th> <th style="width:10pt;">% </th> <th style="width:80pt;">Number </th> <th style="width:10pt;">% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Rusçuk</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#E0F0FF;">138,692 </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">59.14% </td> <td align="center">95,834 </td> <td>40.86% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">234,526</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#E0F0FF;">58,689 </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">73.86% </td> <td align="center">20,769 </td> <td>26.14% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">79.458</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vidin" title="Vidin">Vidin</a> </td> <td align="center">25,338 </td> <td>16.90% </td> <td align="center" style="background:#FFD0C0;">124,567 </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">83.10% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">149,905</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofya</a> </td> <td align="center">24,410 </td> <td>14.23% </td> <td align="center" style="background:#FFD0C0;">147,095 </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">85.77% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">171,505</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo" title="Veliko Tarnovo">Tirnova</a> </td> <td align="center">71,645 </td> <td>40.73% </td> <td align="center" style="background:#FFD0C0;">104,273 </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">59.27% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">175,918</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulcea" title="Tulcea">Tulça</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#E0F0FF;">39,133 </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">68.58% </td> <td align="center">17,929 </td> <td>41.42% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">57,062</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nis,_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nis, Serbia">Niş</a> </td> <td align="center">54,510 </td> <td>35.18% </td> <td align="center" style="background:#FFD0C0;">100,425 </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">64.82% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">154,935</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:120%">Grand Total</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">412,417</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">40.30%</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">610,892</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">59.70%</span> </th> <th style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:105%;">1,023,309</span> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <p><em>Male</em> Population of the Danube Vilayet (exclusive of the <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ni%C5%A1" title="Sanjak of Niš">Sanjak of Niš</a>) in 1866-1873 according to the editor of the Danube newspaper Ismail Kemal:<sup id="cite_ref-spisaniestatistika.nsi.bg_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spisaniestatistika.nsi.bg-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Male Population of the Danube Vilayet<sup><b>1</b></sup> in 1873 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Community </th> <th style="text-align:right; width:160pt;">Population </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><b>Muslims</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>481,798 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,422,240,548,406,000♠" style="display:none"></span>42%)</span></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><small>—Established Muslims</small> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>392,369 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,343,866,312,724,000♠" style="display:none"></span>34%)</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><small>—Muslim settlers</small> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>64,398 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,564,374,423,229,000♠" style="display:none"></span>6%)</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><small>—Muslim Roma</small> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>25,031 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,219,367,933,598,000♠" style="display:none"></span>2%)</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><b>Christians</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#FFD0C0;"><b> 646,215 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,566,333,143,742,000♠" style="display:none"></span>57%)</span></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—Bulgarians</small> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#FFD0C0;"><small>592,573 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,519,322,098,661,000♠" style="display:none"></span>52%)</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—Greeks</small> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>7,655 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,670,872,730,492,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—Armenians</small> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>2,128 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,186,494,731,611,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—Catholics</small> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>3,556 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,311,642,512,035,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—other Christians</small> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>40,303 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,353,209,453,390,000♠" style="display:none"></span>4%)</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">Non-Muslims Romani people </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>7,663 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,671,573,838,505,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span></small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0E0FF;"><b>Jews</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>5,375 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,471,056,946,622,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;"><b><span style="font-size:110%;">TOTAL Danube Vilayet</span></b> </th> <th style="text-align:right;"><b>1,141,051 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span></b> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11"><div style="font-size:85%;"><sup><b>1</b></sup> Exclusive of the Sanjak of Niš.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><em>Male</em> Population of the Danube Vilayet (exclusive of the <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ni%C5%A1" title="Sanjak of Niš">Sanjak of Niš</a>) in 1868 according to <a href="/wiki/Kemal_Karpat" title="Kemal Karpat">Kemal Karpat</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-auto_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group </th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">Christian Bulgarians </td> <td>490.467 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">Muslims </td> <td>359.907 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>According to the 1874 census, there were 963596 (42,22%) Muslims and 1318506 (57,78%) non-Muslims in the Danube Province excluding <a href="/wiki/Nis,_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nis, Serbia">Nış</a> sanjak. Together with the sanjak of Nish the population consisted of 1055650 (40,68%) Muslims and 1539278 (59,32%) non-Muslims in 1874. Muslims were the majority in the sanjaks of <a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Rusçuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tulcea" title="Tulcea">Tulça</a>, while the non-Muslims were in majority in the rest of the sanjaks.<sup id="cite_ref-koyuncu_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koyuncu-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:162px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:160px;height:160px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:80px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 42441.267892351px; border-left-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 3744.2524975968px; border-left-color:DarkOrchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:DarkOrchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:DarkOrchid"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 1551.3569857262px; border-left-color:DeepPink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:DeepPink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:DeepPink"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 852.025205472px; border-left-color:Yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Yellow"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 583.10595003603px; border-left-color:Aquamarine"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Aquamarine"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Aquamarine"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 284.68535610841px; border-left-color:Red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Red"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 147.93221923339px; border-left-color:Indigo"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Indigo"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Indigo"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 70.17293907528px; border-left-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;right:80px; top:80px; border-width:10.126388990392px 79.356513570187px 0 0; border-top-color:Salmon"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Salmon"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Danube Vilayet as per 1873-74 Vilayet Census<sup id="cite_ref-Ubicini_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ubicini-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Salmon; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarians</a> (52.02%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> Establ. Muslims (34.44%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Indigo; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Circassians_in_Bulgaria" title="Circassians in Bulgaria">Circassian</a> Muhacir (5.65%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Red; color:black;"> </span> Misc. Christians (3.53%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Aquamarine; color:black;"> </span> Muslim Romani (2.19%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Yellow; color:black;"> </span> Christian Romani (0.68%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DeepPink; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> (0.67%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkOrchid; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> (0.48%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> Roman Catholics (0.31%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p><em>Total</em> population of the Danube Vilayet by ethnoconfessional group according to French orientalist <a href="/wiki/Abdolonyme_Ubicini" title="Abdolonyme Ubicini">Ubicini</a> on the basis of the official Ottoman Census of the Danube Vilayet of 1873-1874 (exclusive of the <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ni%C5%A1" title="Sanjak of Niš">Sanjak of Niš</a>) , then part of the Prizren Vilayet:<sup id="cite_ref-Ubicini_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ubicini-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Danube Vilayet<sup><b>1</b></sup> as per the 1873-74 Census<sup id="cite_ref-Ubicini_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ubicini-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:130pt;">Community </th> <th style="width:100pt;">Number </th> <th style="width:100pt;">Percentage </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><b>Muslims</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>963,596</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>42.28%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><small>—Established Muslims</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>784,731</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>34.44%</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><small>—<a href="/wiki/Circassians_in_Bulgaria" title="Circassians in Bulgaria">Circassian</a> Muhacir</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>128,796</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>5.65%</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><small>—Muslim <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani</a></small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>50.069</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>2.19%</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><b>Christians</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,303,944</b></td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#FFD0C0;"><b>57.23%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—<a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_millet" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulgarian millet">Bulgar millet</a></small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>1,185,146</small></td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#FFD0C0;"><small>52.02%</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—<a href="/wiki/Rum_millet" title="Rum millet">Rum millet</a></small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>15,310</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>0.67%</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—<a href="/wiki/Armenian_millet" title="Armenian millet">Ermeni millet</a></small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>450</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>0.02%</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—Roman Catholics</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>7,112</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>0.31%</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—Christian <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani</a></small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>15,524</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>0.68%</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><small>—Miscellaneous Christians<sup><b>2</b></sup></small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>80,402</small></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><small>3.53%</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0E0FF;"><b><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Yahudi millet</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>10,752</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>0.48%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:110%;">GRAND TOTAL</span></th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">2,278,290</span></th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">100%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11"><div style="font-size:85%;"><sup><b>1</b></sup> Exclusive of the Sanjak of Niš.<br /><sup><b>2</b></sup> Vlachs, Lipovans, Cossacks, Germans, etc., mostly in Sanjak of <a href="/wiki/Tulcea" title="Tulcea">Tulça</a>.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><em>Male</em> Population of the Danube Vilayet (exclusive of the <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ni%C5%A1" title="Sanjak of Niš">Sanjak of Niš</a>) in 1875 according to Tahrir-i Cedid (the Danube Vilayet printing press):<sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu717_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu717-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:162px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:160px;height:160px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:80px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 31830.921597709px; border-left-color:DeepPink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:DeepPink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:DeepPink"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 3104.775312244px; border-left-color:DarkOrchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:DarkOrchid"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:DarkOrchid"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 1496.5044166001px; border-left-color:DarkRed"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:DarkRed"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:DarkRed"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 933.92573569487px; border-left-color:Yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Yellow"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Yellow"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 620.71522930194px; border-left-color:Aquamarine"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Aquamarine"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Aquamarine"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 291.71049795526px; border-left-color:Indigo"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Indigo"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Indigo"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 170.28629326682px; border-left-color:Red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:Red"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;left:80px; top:80px; border-width:80px 0 0 114.13308884399px; border-left-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 80px 160px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:80px;line-height:0;right:80px; top:80px; border-width:20.089873133327px 77.436406150382px 0 0; border-top-color:Salmon"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 160px 80px 0;border-color:Salmon"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Ethnoconfessional Groups in the Danube Vilayet as per 1875 Ottoman Salname<sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu717_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu717-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Salmon; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarians</a> (54.04%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> Establ. Muslims (36.23%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Red; color:black;"> </span> Misc. Christians (2.74%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Indigo; color:white;"> </span> Çerkes <a href="/wiki/Muhacir" title="Muhacir">Muhacir</a> (2.73%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Aquamarine; color:black;"> </span> Muslim Romani (2.22%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Yellow; color:black;"> </span> Christian Romani (0.68%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkRed; color:white;"> </span> Armenians (0.51%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkOrchid; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> (0.44%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DeepPink; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> (0.37%)</div> </div> </div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Male Population of the Danube Vilayet (exclusive of the <a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ni%C5%A1" title="Sanjak of Niš">Sanjak of Niš</a>) in 1875<sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu717_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu717-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Community </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Rusçuk</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Vidin" title="Vidin">Vidin</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo" title="Veliko Tarnovo">Tırnova</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Tulcea" title="Tulcea">Tulça</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofya</a> <a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">Sanjak</a> </th> <th>Danube Vilayet </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> Millet </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">164,455 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,530,847,619,571,000♠" style="display:none"></span>53%)</span> </td> <td>20,492 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,114,593,760,310,000♠" style="display:none"></span>11%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">52,742 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,614,672,804,615,000♠" style="display:none"></span>61%)</span> </td> <td>88,445 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,359,687,507,625,000♠" style="display:none"></span>36%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">53,059 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,606,700,588,875,000♠" style="display:none"></span>61%)</span> </td> <td>27,001 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,126,658,223,098,000♠" style="display:none"></span>13%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">406,194 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,362,364,557,332,000♠" style="display:none"></span>36%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassian</a> <a href="/wiki/Muhacir" title="Muhacir">Muhacir</a> </td> <td>16,588 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,535,447,405,882,000♠" style="display:none"></span>5%)</span> </td> <td>6,522 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,364,718,185,021,000♠" style="display:none"></span>4%)</span> </td> <td>4,307 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,501,952,100,693,000♠" style="display:none"></span>5%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>2,954 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,337,773,712,195,000♠" style="display:none"></span>3%)</span> </td> <td>202 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,998,947,556,055,916,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">30,573 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,272,740,897,486,000♠" style="display:none"></span>3%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;"><a href="/wiki/Muslim_Roma" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim Roma">Muslim Roma</a> </td> <td>9,579 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,309,202,477,751,000♠" style="display:none"></span>3%)</span> </td> <td>2,783 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,155,628,750,216,000♠" style="display:none"></span>2%)</span> </td> <td>2,825 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,329,234,893,071,000♠" style="display:none"></span>3%)</span> </td> <td>6,545 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,266,171,602,398,000♠" style="display:none"></span>3%)</span> </td> <td>139 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,158,938,882,854,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>2,964 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,139,037,433,156,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">24,835 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,221,552,356,297,000♠" style="display:none"></span>2%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><a href="/wiki/Bulgar_Millet" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulgar Millet">Bulgar Millet</a> </td> <td>114,792 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,370,539,417,747,000♠" style="display:none"></span>37%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">131,279 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,734,128,160,248,000♠" style="display:none"></span>73%)</span> </td> <td>21,261 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,247,782,763,242,000♠" style="display:none"></span>25%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">148,713 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,604,784,988,654,000♠" style="display:none"></span>60%)</span> </td> <td>10,553 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,120,667,771,997,000♠" style="display:none"></span>12%)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">179,202 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,840,613,566,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>84%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right; background:#FFD0C0;">605,800 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,540,432,524,439,000♠" style="display:none"></span>54%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><a href="/wiki/Vlachs" title="Vlachs">Vlachs</a>, Catholics, etc. </td> <td>500 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,161,396,010,936,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>14,690 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,821,482,695,179,000♠" style="display:none"></span>8%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>15,512 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,177,371,219,485,000♠" style="display:none"></span>18%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">30,702 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,273,891,702,960,000♠" style="display:none"></span>3%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Ermeni Millet</a> </td> <td>991 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,319,886,893,676,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>808 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,941,670,065,847,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>3,885 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,444,228,460,351,000♠" style="display:none"></span>4%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,684 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,507,068,086,648,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;"><a href="/wiki/Rum_Millet" class="mw-redirect" title="Rum Millet">Rum Millet</a> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>3,421 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,398,694,714,760,000♠" style="display:none"></span>4%)</span> </td> <td>494 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,200,899,574,613,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>217 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,248,127,608,485,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,132 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,368,614,590,787,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">Non-Muslims <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani people</a> </td> <td>1,790 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,577,797,719,152,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td>2,048 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,114,526,654,849,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td>331 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,385,758,405,687,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>1,697 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,690,134,773,520,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td>356 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,407,066,491,339,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>1,437 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,674,078,243,738,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,659 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,683,257,296,909,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E0E0FF;"><a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Yahudi Millet</a> </td> <td>1,102 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,355,716,808,103,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>1,009 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,564,245,091,515,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td>110 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,128,197,657,479,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>0 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="5,000,000,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td> <td>780 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,891,887,256,304,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td>2,374 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,111,361,290,928,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,375 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,479,502,281,093,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><b>TOTAL</b> </th> <th>309,797 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>178,823 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>85,805 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>245,894 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>87,455 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>213,180 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th> <th>1,120,954 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><em>Total</em> population of the Danube Vilayet according to Russian diplomat <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Cherkassky" title="Vladimir Cherkassky">Vladimir Cherkassky</a> from the Ottoman population register:<sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu725_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu725-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Total Population of the Danube Vilayet according to <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Cherkassky" title="Vladimir Cherkassky">Cherkassky</a> from the register, ca. 1876:<sup id="cite_ref-Koyuncu725_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koyuncu725-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" style="width:120pt;">Sanjak </th> <th colspan="2" style="background:#E0F0FF;">Muslims </th> <th colspan="2" style="background:#FFD0C0;">Bulgarians </th> <th colspan="2" style="background:#FFD700;">Others </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:90pt;">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:80pt;">Number </th> <th style="width:10pt;">% </th> <th style="width:80pt;">Number </th> <th style="width:10pt;">% </th> <th style="width:80pt;">Number </th> <th style="width:10pt;">% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruse,_Bulgaria" title="Ruse, Bulgaria">Rusçuk</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#E0F0FF;">381,224 </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">61.53% </td> <td align="center">233,164 </td> <td>37.63% </td> <td align="center">5,186 </td> <td>0.84% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">619,574</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Vidin" title="Sanjak of Vidin">Vidin</a> </td> <td align="center">59,654 </td> <td>17.66% </td> <td align="center" style="background:#FFD0C0;">246,654 </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">73.04% </td> <td align="center">31,398 </td> <td>9.30% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">337,706</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo" title="Veliko Tarnovo">Tirnova</a> </td> <td align="center">189,980 </td> <td>38.71% </td> <td align="center" style="background:#FFD0C0;">300,820 </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">61.29% </td> <td align="center">0 </td> <td>- </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">490,800</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tulcea" title="Tulcea">Tulça</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#E0F0FF;">112,300 </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">63.34% </td> <td align="center">26,212 </td> <td>14.78% </td> <td align="center">38,788 </td> <td>21.88% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">177,300</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a> </td> <td align="center" style="background:#E0F0FF;">119,754 </td> <td style="background:#E0F0FF;">69.78% </td> <td align="center">43,180 </td> <td>25.16% </td> <td align="center">8,678 </td> <td>5.06% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">171,612</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Sofia" title="Sanjak of Sofia">Sofya</a> </td> <td align="center">59,930 </td> <td>14.02% </td> <td align="center" style="background:#FFD0C0;">362,714 </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">84.87% </td> <td align="center">4,748 </td> <td>1.11% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">427,392</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanjak_of_Ni%C5%A1" title="Sanjak of Niš">Niş</a> </td> <td align="center">77,500 </td> <td>21.63% </td> <td align="center" style="background:#FFD0C0;">270,000 </td> <td style="background:#FFD0C0;">75.36% </td> <td align="center">10,800 </td> <td>3.01% </td> <td align="right"><span style="font-size:105%;">358,300</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:110%;">Danube Vilayet Total</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">1,000,342</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">38.73%</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">1,482,744</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">57.41%</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">99,598</span> </th> <th><span style="font-size:105%;">3.86%</span> </th> <th style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:105%;">2,582,684</span> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <p><em>Male</em> population of the Danube Vilayet in 1876 according to the Ottoman officer <a href="/wiki/Stanislas_Saint_Clair" title="Stanislas Saint Clair">Stanislas Saint Clair</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-spisaniestatistika.nsi.bg_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spisaniestatistika.nsi.bg-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Community </th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td>Turk Muslims </td> <td>457,018 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,358,647,457,942,000♠" style="display:none"></span>36%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Other Muslims </td> <td>104,639 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,821,160,465,266,000♠" style="display:none"></span>8%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bulgarian Christians </td> <td>639,813 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,502,096,867,099,000♠" style="display:none"></span>50%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Armenian Christians </td> <td>2,128 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,166,996,002,455,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Vlach and Greek Christians </td> <td>56,647 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,444,540,533,414,000♠" style="display:none"></span>4%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Gypsies </td> <td>8,220 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,645,069,144,821,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jews </td> <td>5,847 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,458,846,628,925,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>TOTAL Danube Vilayet</b> </td> <td>1,274,282 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><em>Total</em> population of the Danube Vilayet (including <a href="/wiki/Nis,_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nis, Serbia">Niş</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sofia" title="Sofia">Sofia</a> sanjaks) according to the 1876 edition of <a href="/wiki/Encyclopaedia_Britannica" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopaedia Britannica">Encyclopaedia Britannica</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Group </th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bulgarians" title="Bulgarians">Bulgarians</a> </td> <td>1,500,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,633,178,556,353,000♠" style="display:none"></span>63%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Turkish_people" title="Turkish people">Turks</a> </td> <td>500,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,211,059,518,785,000♠" style="display:none"></span>21%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatars" title="Tatars">Tatars</a> </td> <td>100,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,422,119,037,569,000♠" style="display:none"></span>4%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Circassians" title="Circassians">Circassians</a> </td> <td>90,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,379,907,133,812,000♠" style="display:none"></span>4%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanians</a> </td> <td>70,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,295,483,326,298,000♠" style="display:none"></span>3%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Romanians" title="Romanians">Romanians</a> </td> <td>40,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,168,847,615,027,000♠" style="display:none"></span>2%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gypsies" class="mw-redirect" title="Gypsies">Gypsies</a> </td> <td>25,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,105,529,759,392,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> </td> <td>10,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,422,119,037,569,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> </td> <td>10,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,422,119,037,569,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> </td> <td>10,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,422,119,037,569,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> </td> <td>8,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,337,695,230,054,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbs</a> </td> <td>5,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,211,059,518,785,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">Germans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arabs</a> and others </td> <td>1,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,998,422,119,037,569,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>TOTAL Danube Vilayet</b> </td> <td>2,369,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><em>Total</em> Population of the Danube Vilayet (excluding <a href="/wiki/Nis,_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nis, Serbia">Niş</a> sanjak) in 1876 estimated by the French counsel Aubaret from the register:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Community </th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Muslims</b> </td> <td>1,120,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,475,988,100,298,000♠" style="display:none"></span>48%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Turks </td> <td>774,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,328,941,776,456,000♠" style="display:none"></span>33%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Circassians </td> <td>200,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,849,978,750,532,000♠" style="display:none"></span>8%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Tatars </td> <td>110,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,467,488,312,792,000♠" style="display:none"></span>5%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Gypsies </td> <td>35,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,148,746,281,343,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Non-Muslims</b> </td> <td>1,233,500 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,524,224,394,391,000♠" style="display:none"></span>52%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Bulgarians </td> <td>1,130,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,001,480,237,994,051,000♠" style="display:none"></span>48%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Gypsies </td> <td>12,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,509,987,250,318,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Greeks </td> <td>12,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,509,987,250,318,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Jews </td> <td>12,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,509,987,250,318,000♠" style="display:none"></span>1%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Armenians </td> <td>2,500 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="6,999,106,247,343,817,000♠" style="display:none"></span>0%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>incl. Vlachs and others </td> <td>65,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,000,276,243,093,923,000♠" style="display:none"></span>3%)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>TOTAL Danube Vilayet</b> </td> <td>2,353,000 <span style="font-size:inherit">(<span data-sort-value="7,002,100,000,000,000,000♠" style="display:none"></span>100%)</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Danube_vilayet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-beewd-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-beewd_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPalairet2003" class="citation book cs1">Palairet, Michael R. 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