| Official Name: | Strazhitsa |
| Native Name: | Стражица |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Bulgaria |
| Subdivision Type1: | Provinces (oblast) |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Pushpin Map: | Bulgaria |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Strazhitsa |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Subdivision Name1: | Veliko Tarnovo |
| Population Total: | 5,069 |
| Population As Of: | March 2024 |
| Postal Code: | 5150 |
| Area Code: | 06161 |
| Coordinates: | 43.2333°N 83°W |
| Leader Name: | Yordan Tsonev |
Strazhitsa (bg|Стражица|Stražica, pronounced as /bg/) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, part of Veliko Tarnovo Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Strazhitsa Municipality, which lies in the eastern part of the Province. The town is located in the central Danubian Plain, not far from the Balkan Mountains, 45 kilometres northeast of the provincial capital of Veliko Tarnovo. As of March 2024, it had a population of 5,69.[1]
Strazhitsa has a railway station on the Sofia-Varna railway line, located some 33 km from the railway station of Popovo and some 27 km from the railway station of Gorna Oryahovitsa.
The town was badly damaged by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 on 7 December 1986. Strazhitsa has an art gallery, an Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, as well as a museum of local history. Strazhitsa's name comes from the Bulgarian root strazh (страж), meaning "guard".
See main article: Strazhitsa Municipality. Strazhitsa municipality covers an area of and includes the following 22 places: