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Puka, Estonia

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Borough in Estonia This article is about the settlement in Otepää Parish. For the village in Vinni Parish, see Puka, Lääne-Viru County. Small borough in Valga County, Estonia
Puka
Small borough
Puka is located in EstoniaPukaPukaLocation in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°3′11″N 26°14′28″E / 58.05306°N 26.24111°E / 58.05306; 26.24111
Country Estonia
County Valga County
MunicipalityOtepää Parish
Population
 • Total580

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.

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.

Gallery

  • Puka, central part Puka, central part
  • Railway station Railway station
  • Pharmacy-house in Puka Pharmacy-house in Puka
  • Reservoir Reservoir

References

  1. ^ "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. "Puka alevik" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

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Preceding station Elron Following station
Paluperatowards Tallinn Tallinn–Tartu–Valga Mägistetowards Valga
Settlements in Otepää Parish
Town Coat of arms of Otepää Parish
Small boroughs
Villages
Boroughs (alevid ja alevikud) of Estonia
Boroughs
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