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==Immigration into Bulgaria== | ==Immigration into Bulgaria== | ||
As of 2019, Bulgarians are the main ethnic group and constitute 84.8% of the population. Turkish and Roma minorities account for 8.8 and 4.9%, respectively; some 40 smaller minorities account for 0.7%, and 0.8% do not self-identify with an ethnic group. | As of 2019, Bulgarians are the main ethnic group and constitute 84.8% of the population. Turkish and Roma minorities account for 8.8 and 4.9%, respectively; some 40 smaller minorities account for 0.7%, and 0.8% do not self-identify with an ethnic group.<ref>"Bulgaria", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria#Demographics, accessed 31 July 2021.</ref> | ||
===Eastern Rumelia=== | ===Eastern Rumelia=== | ||
*'''Eastern Rumelia''' was an autonomous province in the Ottoman Empire created in 1878. It ended in 1885, when it was united with the Principality of Bulgaria. Ethnic Bulgarians formed a majority of the population in Eastern Rumelia, but there were '''significant Turkish and Greek minorities.''' | *'''Eastern Rumelia''' was an autonomous province in the Ottoman Empire created in 1878. It ended in 1885, when it was united with the Principality of Bulgaria. Ethnic Bulgarians formed a majority of the population in Eastern Rumelia, but there were '''significant Turkish and Greek minorities.''' | ||