Opan
Encyclopedia
Opan is a village in southern Bulgaria
, part of Stara Zagora Province
. It is the administrative centre of Opan Municipality
, which lies in the southern part of Stara Zagora Province. The village is located south of the provincial capital of Stara Zagora
, in the Upper Thracian Plain
, the historical region of Thrace
. The village was first mentioned in an Ottoman
tax register of 1655.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, part of Stara Zagora Province
Stara Zagora Province
Stara Zagora is a province of south central Bulgaria. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre—the city of Stara Zagora—the sixth-biggest town in the country...
. It is the administrative centre of Opan Municipality
Opan Municipality
Opan Municipality is located in Bulgaria. The administrative centre is in Opan. It the has an area of 257.5 square kilometres , has 3358 inhabitants and includes the following 13 places:* Bashtino* Byal Izvor* Byalo Pole* Knyazhevsko* Kravino* Opan...
, which lies in the southern part of Stara Zagora Province. The village is located south of the provincial capital of Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora
Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and a nationally important economic center. Located in Southern Bulgaria, it is the administrative capital of the homonymous Stara Zagora Province...
, in the Upper Thracian Plain
Upper Thracian Plain
The Upper Thracian Plain constitutes the northern part of the historical region of Thrace. It is located in southern Bulgaria, between the Sredna Gora mountains to the north and west; the Rhodopes, Sakar and Strandzha to the south; and the Black Sea to the east. A fertile agricultural region, the...
, the historical region of Thrace
Thrace
Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...
. The village was first mentioned in an Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
tax register of 1655.