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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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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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