Opaka

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Opaka (Bulgarian: Опака) is a town in the district of Turgovishte in northeast Bulgaria. The town had a population of 3,037 in 2006, and covers an area of 57 km². It is 70 km south of the city of Rousse on the border with Romania and 250 km northeast of the Bulgarian capital, Sofia. Archeologists have found evidence of Thracian, Roman and Slavonic settlements in the area and near the village of Krepcha, a stone monastery is the site of the oldest known Old Bulgarian Cyrillic inscription, dated from around 920 CE. The associated Opaka municipality includes the town and five villages, Garchinovo, Golyamo gradishte, Gorsko Ablanovo, Krepcha and Lyublen.

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Coordinates: 43°27′N, 26°10′E

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