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ADRIANOPLE , a vilayet of See also:European See also:Turkey, corresponding with See also:part of the See also:ancient See also:Thrace, and bounded on the N. by See also:Bulgaria (Eastern See also:Rumelia), E. by the See also:Black See also:Sea and the vilayet of See also:Constantinople, S. by the Sea of See also:Marmora and the See also:Aegean Sea and W. by See also:Macedonia. Pop. (1905) about 1,000,000; See also:area, 15,000 sq. m. The See also:surface of the vilayet is generally mountainous, except in the central valley of the Maritza, and along the See also:banks of its tributaries, the Tunja, Arda, Ergene, &c. On the See also:west, the See also:great Rhodope range and its outlying ridges extend as far as the Maritza, and attain an See also:altitude of more than 7000 ft. in the summits of the Kushlar Dagh, Karluk Dagh and Kara-See also:Balkan. Towards the Black Sea, the less elevated Istranja Dagh stretches from See also:north-west to See also:south-See also:east; and the entire south See also:coast, which includes the promontory of See also:Gallipoli and the western See also:shore of the See also:Dardanelles, is everywhere hilly or mountainous, except near the estuaries of the Maritza, and of the Mesta, a western frontier stream. The See also:climate is mild and the See also:soil fertile; but See also:political disturbances and the conservative See also:character of the See also:people tend to thwart the progress of See also:agriculture and other See also:industries. The vilayet suffered severely during the See also:Russian occupation of 1878, when, apart from the natural dislocation of See also:commerce, many of the Moslem cultivators emigrated to See also:Asia See also:Minor, to be See also:free from their See also:alien rulers. Through the resultant scarcity of labour, much See also:land See also:fell out of cultivation. This was partially remedied after the Bulgarian See also:annexation of Eastern Rumelia, in 1885, had driven ,the Moslems of that See also:country to emigrate in like manner to Adrianople; but the See also:advantage was counterbalanced by the See also:establishment of hostile Bulgarian tariffs. The important silkindustry, however, began to revive about 18go, and See also:dairy farming is prosperous; but the See also:condition of the vilayet is far less unsettled than that of Macedonia, owing partly to the preponderance of Moslems among the peasantry, and partly to the nearness of Constantinople, with its Western influences. The See also:main railway from See also:Belgrade to Constantinople skirts the Maritza and Ergene valleys, and there is an important See also:branch See also:line down the Maritza valley to See also:Dedeagatch, and thence coastwise to See also:Salonica. After the See also:city of Adrianople (pop. 1905, about 80,000), which is the See also:capital, the See also:principal towns are See also:Rodosto (35,000), Gallipoli (25,000), See also:Kirk-Kilisseh (16,000), See also:Xanthi (14,000), See also:Chorlu (11,500), See also:Demotica (10,000), See also:Enos (8000), See also:Gumuljina (8000) and Dedeagatch (3000). Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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