Opaka
Sign in to saveOpaka ( ) is a town in Targovishte Province in northeast Bulgaria. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,873. It covers an area of . It is south of the city of Rousse on the border with Romania and northeast of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Archeologists have found evidence of Thracian, Roman and Slavonic settlements in the area. Near the village of Krepcha, a stone monastery is the site of the oldest known Old Bulgarian Cyrillic inscription, dated from around 920 CE. A 2nd century Thracian tumulus containing various artifacts, including six leaves of a golden wreath and bronze f
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- Opaka
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- Опака
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- bg
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- City
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- Bulgaria
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- Location of Opaka
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- Country
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- Bulgaria
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- Province (Oblast)
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- Targovishte
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- Municipality
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- Opaka
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- Mayor
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- 185
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- 2833
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- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Опака
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Located in
- Opaka
- Population
- 2189
- Area
- 56.94
- Elevation
- 185
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Opaka
- Official website
- www.opaka.bg
- Image
- Opaka-view-2.jpg
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- Opaka
- different from
- Opaka
- postal code
- 7840
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Bulgaria
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Opaka ( ) is a town in Targovishte Province in northeast Bulgaria. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,873. It covers an area of . It is south of the city of Rousse on the border with Romania and northeast of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Archeologists have found evidence of Thracian, Roman and Slavonic settlements in the area. Near the village of Krepcha, a stone monastery is the site of the oldest known Old Bulgarian Cyrillic inscription, dated from around 920 CE. A 2nd century Thracian tumulus containing various artifacts, including six leaves of a golden wreath and bronze figurines, was excavated in 2011.
It is the seat of Opaka Municipality.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Opaka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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