Cosa (chi) è Thrace$530277$ - definizione
![Proposal to cede East Thrace to Greece during [[World War I]]. This photocopy came from a larger color map.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DBFP03.jpg?width=200 "Proposal to cede East Thrace to Greece during [[World War I]]. This photocopy came from a larger color map.")
![Flag of rebels of Thrace during the [[Greek War of Independence]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Greek flag (black cross).svg?width=200 "Flag of rebels of Thrace during the [[Greek War of Independence]].")
![[[Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kazanluk 1.jpg?width=200 "[[Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak]].")
![Thrace and the Thracian [[Odrysian Kingdom]] under [[Sitalces]] c. 431–424 BC, showing the territories of several Thracian tribes.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Odrysian.svg?width=200 "Thrace and the Thracian [[Odrysian Kingdom]] under [[Sitalces]] c. 431–424 BC, showing the territories of several Thracian tribes.")
![Thrace in the [[Odrysian Kingdom]] showing several Thracian tribes. [[Sapeia]] was Northern Thrace and [[Asteia]] was Southern Thrace.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OdrysianKingdom.jpg?width=200 "Thrace in the [[Odrysian Kingdom]] showing several Thracian tribes. [[Sapeia]] was Northern Thrace and [[Asteia]] was Southern Thrace.")
![The physical–geographical boundaries of Thrace: the [[Balkan Mountains]], the [[Rhodope Mountains]] and the [[Bosporus]]. The Rhodope mountain range is highlighted.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rhodopen Balkan topo de.jpg?width=200 "The physical–geographical boundaries of Thrace: the [[Balkan Mountains]], the [[Rhodope Mountains]] and the [[Bosporus]]. The Rhodope mountain range is highlighted.")
![Map of Ancient Thrace made by [[Abraham Ortelius]] in 1585, stating both the names Thrace and Europe.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thraciae-veteris-typvs.jpg?width=200 "Map of Ancient Thrace made by [[Abraham Ortelius]] in 1585, stating both the names Thrace and Europe.")
![East Thrace landscape in [[Edirne Province]], Turkey](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EastTrace Landscape.jpg?width=200 "East Thrace landscape in [[Edirne Province]], Turkey")
![Meriç}}), which forms the land border between [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]], also forms the natural border between [[Western Thrace]] and East Thrace.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meriç Köprüsü ve Meriç Nehri.jpg?width=200 "Meriç}}), which forms the land border between [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]], also forms the natural border between [[Western Thrace]] and East Thrace.")
![East Thrace (blue) within the [[Marmara Region]] of [[Turkey]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Източна Тракия на картата на Мармара, Турция.png?width=200 "East Thrace (blue) within the [[Marmara Region]] of [[Turkey]]")
![[[Hero and Leander]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Etty William Hero and Leander 1828.jpg?width=200 "[[Hero and Leander]]")
![Coin of [[Lysimachus]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LysimachusCoinWithHornedAlexander.jpg?width=200 "Coin of [[Lysimachus]]")
![Selimiye Mosque]], [[Edirne]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Selimiye Mosque.png?width=200 "Selimiye Mosque]], [[Edirne]]")
![[[Cape Helles]] during the [[Gallipoli Campaign]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V Beach Helles Gallipoli.jpg?width=200 "[[Cape Helles]] during the [[Gallipoli Campaign]]")
Wikipedia
Northern Thrace or North Thrace (Bulgarian: Северна Тракия, Severna Trakiya; Turkish: Kuzey Trakya; Greek: Βόρεια Θράκη), also called Bulgarian Thrace, constitutes the northern and largest part of the historical region of Thrace. It is located in Southern Bulgaria and includes the territory south of the Balkan Mountains and east of the Mesta River, bordering Western Thrace and East Thrace in the south, and the Black Sea in the east. It encompasses Sredna Gora, the Upper Thracian Plain, and 90% of the Rhodopes.
The climate ranges from continental to transitional continental and mountainous. The highest temperature recorded in Bulgaria occurred here: it was 45.2 °C (113.4 °F; 318.3 K) at Sadovo in 1916. The main rivers of the region are the Maritsa and its tributaries. Notable cities include Plovdiv, Burgas, Stara Zagora, Sliven, Haskovo, Yambol, Pazardzhik, Asenovgrad, Kardzhali, Dimitrovgrad, Kazanlak and Smolyan. Northern Thrace has an area of 42,073 km2.
The Ottoman Empire created the autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia in Northern Thrace in 1878. The region was annexed by the Principality of Bulgaria in 1885.
