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See also:PHILIPPOPOLIS (Bulgarian, Plovdiv; See also:Turkish, Felibe)
, the See also:capital of Eastern See also:Rumelia, and of the See also:department of See also:Philippopolis, See also:Bulgaria; situated in the midst of picturesque See also:granite eminences on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Maritza, 96 m
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E.S.E. of See also:Sofia and 97 M
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W.N.W. of See also:Adrianople
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Pop
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(1906) 45,572, of whom a large See also:majority are Bulgarians, and the See also:remainder chiefly See also:Turks, Greeks, See also:Jews, Armenians or See also:gipsies
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Philippopolis is on the See also:main railway from See also:Vienna to See also:Constantinople, via See also:Belgrade and Sofia
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The Maritza is navigable up to this point, and as the See also:city has communication by See also:rail both with the See also:port of See also:Dedeagatch on the Mediterranean and that of See also:Burgas on the See also:Black See also:Sea, and is situated in a remarkably fertile See also:country, it has become the See also:chief commercial centre of See also:southern Bulgaria, and is the seat of both See also:Greek and Bulgarian archbishops
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The residences of the richer Greeks and Bulgarians occupy the slopes of the largest See also:eminence, the Jambaz-tepe, in the centre of the city; between it and the Nobtet-tepc, from the See also:summit of which there is a magnificent view of the city, is the Armenian See also:quarter; near the See also:bridge over the Maritza is the poorer See also:Turkish quarter; and See also:south-See also:west of the Jambaz-tepe there is a suburb of villas
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On the Bunari-tepe a See also:monument has been erected by the Russians in See also:commemoration of the See also:war of 1877, and near this is the new See also:palace of the See also:
The city has a large See also:commerce in See also:rice, See also:attar of See also:roses, and cocoons; other exports being See also:wheat, See also:wine, See also:tobacco, See also:alcohol and hides
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Eumolpia, a Thracian See also:town, was captured by See also: |
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