Puka, Estonia
Puka | |
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Puka Location in Estonia | |
Coordinates: 58°3′11″N 26°14′28″E / 58.05306°N 26.24111°ECoordinates: 58°3′11″N 26°14′28″E / 58.05306°N 26.24111°E | |
Country | Estonia |
County | Valga County |
Municipality | Otepää Parish |
Population | |
• Total | 580 |
Puka (German: Bockenhof) is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Otepää Parish, Valga County, southern Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Puka Parish until 2017. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 580.[1]
Architect Georg Hellat (1870–1943) was born in Puka.
On 1 May 1897, a military train derailed 3 km north of Puka. 58 people were killed and 44 deeply wounded in the accident.[2]
Gallery[]
Puka, central part
Railway station
Pharmacy-house in Puka
Reservoir
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Puka alevik" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
External links[]
- Puka Parish (in Estonian)
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Categories:
- Otepää Parish
- Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
- Kreis Dorpat
- Valga County geography stubs