Opaka

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Opaka

| native_name = Опака

| native_name_lang = bg

| settlement_type = City

| image_shield = Emblem of Opaka.png

| pushpin_map = Bulgaria

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Opaka

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| coordinates = {{coord|43|26|45.96|N|26|10|19.2|E|region:BG|display=inline}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Bulgaria

| subdivision_type1 = Province (Oblast)

| subdivision_name1 = Targovishte

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Opaka

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name =

| image_skyline = Opaka-view-2.jpg

| area_total_km2 =

| elevation_m = 185

| population_total = 2833

| population_urban =

| population_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 =

| timezone = EET

| utc_offset = +2

| timezone_DST = EEST

| utc_offset_DST = +3

| postal_code_type = Postal Code

| postal_code = 7840

| area_code = 06039

| blank_name_sec1 = License Plate

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Opaka ({{langx|bg|Опака}} {{IPA|bg|opɐˈka|}}) is a town in Targovishte Province in northeast Bulgaria. As of December 2009, the town had a population of 2,873.{{in lang|en}} [http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588#cont Bulgarian National Statistical Institute - Bulgarian towns in 2009] It covers an area of {{convert|57|km2}}.

It is {{convert|70|km}} south of the city of Rousse on the border with Romania and {{convert|250|km}} 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.{{cite news | url = http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/06/23/1111355_archaeology-new-thracian-grave-found-in-northeastern-bulgaria | title = Archaeology: New Thracian grave found in northeastern Bulgaria |date = June 23, 2011 | access-date = June 24, 2011 | publisher = The Sofia Echo }}

It is the seat of Opaka Municipality.