Opaka
Opaka is a town in Targovishte Province in northeast Bulgaria. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,873 and 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.Honour
off Robert Island, South Shetland Islands are named after Opaka.
