Adrianople Vilayet
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The Vilayet of Adrianople[3] or Vilayet of Edirne (Ottoman Turkish: ولايت ادرنه, Vilâyet-i Edirne)[4] was a vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
This vilayet encompassed territories in present-day European Turkey, eastern part of Northern Greece and the southern fringes of Southern Bulgaria. In the late 19th century it reportedly had an area of 26,160 square miles (67,800 km2).[5] After the city of Adrianople (pop. in 1905 about 80,000), the principal towns ware Rodosto (35,000), Gallipoli (25,000), Kirk-Kilisseh (16,000), İskeçe (14,000), Chorlu (11,500), Dimotika (10,000), Enos (8000), Gyumyurdzhina (Bulgarian name of Gümülcine) (8000) and Dedeagatch (3000).[6] In the east in bordered with the Istanbul Vilayet, Black and Marmara Seas, it the west with the Salonica Vilayet, in the north with Bulgaria and in the south with the Aegean Sea.
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Administrative divisions
Sanjaks of the Vilayet:[7]
- Sanjak of Edirne
- Sanjak of Kirklareli (Kirkkilise)
- Sanjak of Tekirdag (Tekfurdagi)
- Sanjak of Gelibolu
- Sanjak of Dedeagaç (Between 1877-1912 and 1913)
- Sanjak of Gümülcine (Between 1877-1912 and 1913)
- Sanjak of Philibe (Plovdiv) (Till 1878, then became part of Eastern Rumelia)
- Sanjak of Slimia (İslimye, now Sliven) (Till 1878, then became part of Eastern Rumelia)
Gallery
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Ethnic map of 1912
References
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911 Edition, Adrianople.
- ^ a b c d "1914 Census Statistics". Turkish General Staff. pp. 605–606. http://www.tsk.tr/8_TARIHTEN_KESITLER/8_1_Ermeni_Sorunu/konular/ermeni_faaliyetleri_pdf/Arsiv_Belgeleriyle_Ermeni_Faaliyetleri_Cilt_1.pdf. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
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Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Xanthi". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. - ^ Salname-yi Vilâyet-i Edirne ("Yearbook of the Vilayet of Edirne"), Edirne vilâyet matbaası, Edirne, 1300 [1882; on the website of Hathi Trust Digital Libray.]
- ^ Europe by Éliseé Reclus, page 152
- ^ Wikisource - 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica - Adrianople (vilayet)
- ^ Edirne Vilayeti | Tarih ve Medeniyet
External links
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Adrianople (vilayet)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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