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Puka, Estonia
Puka (german: Bockenhof) is a small borough ( et, 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 Georg Hellat (3 March 1870, Puka, Governorate of Livonia – 28 August 1943, Tallinn, Generalbezirk Estland) was an Estonian architect. His most known masterpiece is the building of the Estonian Students' Society The Estonian Students' So ... (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 File:Puka, Valga county.jpg, Puka, central part File:Puka raudteejaama peahoone.jpg, Railway station File:Elamu Pukas Kesk 6.jpg, File:Apteek-elamu Pukas Kesk 8.jpg, Pharmacy-house in Puka File:Puka keskuse veehoidla (Puka oja).jpg, Reservoir References External linksPuka Parish Boroughs and small borough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places In Estonia
Populated places in Estonia (officially: settlement units), are cities or settlement units of rural municipalities, but only cities have administrative functions. Settlement units are divided into settlements and urban regions et, asum (subdivisions of cities). Officially there are five types of settlement units in Estonia: *town/city ( et, linn) *town without municipal status () *borough () *small borough () *village () See also * Municipalities of Estonia *List of cities and towns in Estonia *Counties of Estonia Counties ( et, maakond, plural ') are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Estonia. Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties, including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands. The government (') of each county is led by a ' (gover ... Notes External links Place Names Board of Estonia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
