autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
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The autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia was a semi-independent Ottoman territory in the southern Balkans, created after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and later united with the Principality of Bulgaria.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern Rumelia | 6 |
| Eastern Rumelia, Ottoman Empire | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ottoman province
ⓘ
autonomous province ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Rumelia of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Macedonia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Principality of Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Plovdiv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalDocument | Organic Statute of Eastern Rumelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| createdBy | Treaty of Berlin (1878) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deFactoRuler | Governor-General of Eastern Rumelia ⓘ |
| deJureRuler | Sultan of the Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demographicMajority | Bulgarian Orthodox Christians ⓘ |
| endDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| establishedAfter | Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Armenians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bulgarians NERFINISHED ⓘ Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Roma NERFINISHED ⓘ Turks ⓘ |
| followedBy | Province of Eastern Rumelia within Bulgaria ⓘ |
| governmentType | autonomous province under Ottoman suzerainty ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Unification of Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegionNowIn | Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | autonomous province under Ottoman suzerainty ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Europe
ⓘ
Rumelia NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Balkans ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Pazardzhik
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Plovdiv NERFINISHED ⓘ Sliven NERFINISHED ⓘ Stara Zagora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Bulgarian
ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForEstablishment | to provide autonomy to Bulgarian-populated areas remaining in the Ottoman Empire after 1878 ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Great Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
Islam ⓘ |
| shortName | Eastern Rumelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1878 ⓘ |
| status | semi-independent territory ⓘ |
| todayPartOf | Republic of Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unionDate | 1885 ⓘ |
| unitedWith | Principality of Bulgaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Treaty of Berlin (1878)
this entity surface form:
Eastern Rumelia
subject surface form:
Treaty of Berlin (1878)
this entity surface form:
Eastern Rumelia, Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form:
Eastern Rumelia
this entity surface form:
Eastern Rumelia
this entity surface form:
Eastern Rumelia
this entity surface form:
Eastern Rumelia
this entity surface form:
Eastern Rumelia