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Opicina Opčine | |
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 Carnival feast at Opicina | |
  Opicina Opčine Location of Opicina Opčine in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 45°41′15″N 13°47′19″E / 45.68750°N 13.78861°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region |  Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Province | Trieste (TS) |
| Comune | Trieste |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,080 ft) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 8,009 |
| Demonym | Opicinesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 34151 |
| Dialing code | (+39) 040 |
| Patron saint | Bartholomew the Apostle |
Opicina (Slovene: Opčine), formerly Poggioreale del Carso in Italian, is a town in northeastern Italy, close to the Slovenian border at Fernetti (Slovene: Fernetiči). Opicina is a frazione of the comune of Trieste, the provincial and regional capital. The town has a large Slovene population, with Slovenian being widely used alongside Italian in private and public institutions. The first town near Opicina is Sežana in Slovenia, there is also the next railway station.
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