# Eastern Rumelia

> autonomous territory in the Ottoman Empire from 1878-1885

**Wikidata**: [Q459780](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459780)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Rumelia)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/eastern-rumelia

## Summary

Eastern Rumelia was an administrative area in Europe established on July 13, 1878. Its capital was Plovdiv. The official languages were Bulgarian, Ottoman Turkish, and Greek. The area had a population of 975k. Eastern Rumelia is located in the country of Bulgaria.


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013