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.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman province ⓘ
autonomous province ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rumelia of the East ⓘ
borderedBy Macedonia ⓘ
linked to: Macedonia region

Principality of Bulgaria ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
capital Plovdiv ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Organic Statute of Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
createdBy Treaty of Berlin (1878) ⓘ
deFactoRuler Governor-General of Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
deJureRuler Sultan of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
demographicMajority Bulgarian Orthodox Christians ⓘ
endDate 1885 ⓘ
establishedAfter Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Armenians ⓘ
Bulgarians ⓘ
Greeks ⓘ
Roma ⓘ
Turks ⓘ
followedBy Province of Eastern Rumelia within Bulgaria ⓘ
governmentType autonomous province under Ottoman suzerainty ⓘ
historicalEvent Unification of Bulgaria ⓘ
historicalRegionNowIn Bulgaria ⓘ
legalStatus autonomous province under Ottoman suzerainty ⓘ
locatedIn Europe ⓘ
Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: Roumeli

southern Balkans ⓘ
majorCity Pazardzhik ⓘ
Plovdiv ⓘ
Sliven ⓘ
Stara Zagora ⓘ
officialLanguage Bulgarian ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
partOf Ottoman Empire ⓘ
reasonForEstablishment to provide autonomy to Bulgarian-populated areas remaining in the Ottoman Empire after 1878 ⓘ
recognizedBy Great Powers ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
shortName Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
sovereignState Ottoman Empire ⓘ
startDate 1878 ⓘ
status semi-independent territory ⓘ
todayPartOf Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Bulgaria
unionDate 1885 ⓘ
unitedWith Principality of Bulgaria ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns → consequence → autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
Bulgarian Question → resultedIn → autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
Treaty of Berlin (1878) → createdEntity → Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of Berlin 1878
linked to: autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
Treaty of Berlin (1878) → placedUnderSovereigntyOf → Eastern Rumelia, Ottoman Empire ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of Berlin 1878
linked to: autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) → countryInvolved → Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) → location → Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) → predecessorEntity → Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
Principality of Bulgaria → unifiedWith → Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
Treaty of Ayastefanos → definedStatusOf → Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia
Eastern Rumelia → shortName → Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia