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Võro Language
Võro ( vro, võro kiilʼ, link=no , et, võru keel) is a language belonging to the Finnic branch of the Uralic languages. Traditionally, it has been considered a dialect of the South Estonian dialect group of the Estonian language, but nowadays it has its own literary standard and efforts have been undertaken to seek official recognition as an indigenous regional language of Estonia. Võro has roughly 75,000 speakers (Võros Võros ( Võro: ''võrokõsõq,'' pronounced , et, võrukesed, fi, võrolaiset) are inhabitants of historical Võromaa (''Vana Võromaa''), a region in Southeastern Estonia (Võru and Põlva Counties with parts extending into Valga and Tart ...) mostly in southeastern Estonia, in the eight Parish (administrative division), parishes of the historical Võru County: Karula Parish, Karula, Hargla, Harglõ, Urvaste Parish, Urvastõ, Rõuge Parish, Rõugõ, Kanepi Parish, Kanepi, Põlva Parish, Põlva, Räpina Parish, Räpinä and Vastseliina Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Language
Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. Classification Estonian belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. The Finnic languages also include Finnish and a few minority languages spoken around the Baltic Sea and in northwestern Russia. Estonian is subclassified as a Southern Finnic language and it is the second-most-spoken language among all the Finnic languages. Alongside Finnish, Hungarian and Maltese, Estonian is one of the four official languages of the European Union that are not of an Indo-European origin. From the typological point of view, Estonian is a predominantly agglutinative language. The loss of word-final sounds is extensive, and this has made its inflectional morphology markedly more fusional, especially with respect to no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vastseliina Parish
Vastseliina Parish ( et, Vastseliina vald; vro, Vahtsõliina vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It had a population of 2,165 (2008) and an area of 222.8 km². Settlements ;Small borough Vastseliina ;Villages Haava - Halla - Heinasoo - Hinniala - Hinsa - Holsta - Illi - Indra - Jeedasküla - Juraski - Kaagu - Käpa - Kapera - Kerepäälse - Kirikumäe - Kõo - Kornitsa - Kõrve - Külaoru - Kündja - Lindora - Loosi - Luhte - Mäe-Kõoküla - Möldri - Mutsu - Ortuma - Paloveere - Pari - Perametsa - Plessi - Puutli - Raadi - Saarde - Savioja - Sutte - Tabina - Tallikeste - Tellaste - Tsolli - Vaarkali - Vana-Saaluse - Vana-Vastseliina - Vatsa - Viitka - Voki Notable residents Wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Eduard Pütsep Eduard Pütsep (21 October 1898 – 22 August 1960) was an Estonian wrestler. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won a gold medal in the bantam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Räpina Parish
Räpina Parish ( et, Räpina vald; vro, Räpinä vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,611 (as of 2017) and an area of 265.93 km². Settlements ;Town: Räpina ;Small borough: Võõpsu ;Villages: Jaanikeste - Kassilaane - Kõnnu - Köstrimäe - Leevaku - Linte - Mägiotsa - Meelva - Naha - Nulga - Pääsna - Pindi - Raadama - Rahumäe - Raigla - Ristipalo - Ruusa - Saareküla - Sillapää - Sülgoja - Suure-Veerksu - Toolamaa - Tooste - Tsirksi - Võiardi Võiardi is a village in Räpina Parish, Põlva County in southeastern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across f ... - Võuküla Religion References External links * {{Põlva-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Põlva Parish
Põlva Parish ( et, Põlva vald) is a rural municipality in Põlva County, southeastern Estonia. On 1 January 2009, it had a population of 3,882 and an area of 228.63 km². In October 2013, the town of Põlva (formerly a separate municipality) was merged into Põlva Parish, becoming the centre of it. In 2017, as part of the administrative reform, the neighbouring Ahja, Laheda, Mooste and Vastse-Kuuste parishes were merged with Põlva Parish. Settlements ;Town: Põlva ;Small boroughs: Ahja - Mooste - Vastse-Kuuste ;Villages: Aarna - Adiste - Akste - Andre - Eoste - Himma - Himmaste - Holvandi - Ibaste - Jaanimõisa - Joosu - Kaaru - Kadaja - Kanassaare - Karilatsi - Kastmekoja - Kauksi - Kiidjärve - Kiisa - Kiuma - Koorvere - Kosova - Kähri - Kärsa - Lahe - Laho - Leevijõe - Logina - Loko - Lootvina - Lutsu - Mammaste - Meemaste - Metste - Miiaste - Mustajõe - Mustakurmu - Mõtsküla - Naruski - Nooritsmetsa - Orajõe - Padari - Partsi - Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanepi Parish
Kanepi Parish ( et, Kanepi vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,662 (as of 1 January 2020) and an area of . The administrative centre is Kanepi. It was created in 2017 with the merger of Valgjärve, Kõlleste, and Kanepi Parish. Settlements ;Small borough Kanepi ;Villages Abissaare - Aiaste - Erastvere - Hauka - Heisri - Hino - Hurmi - Häätaru - Ihamaru - Jõgehara - Jõksi - Kaagna - Kaagvere - Karaski - Karilatsi - Karste - Koigera - Kooli - Kooraste - Krootuse - Krüüdneri - Lauri - Maaritsa - Magari - Mügra - Närapää - Palutaja - Peetrimõisa - Piigandi - Piigaste - Pikajärve - Pikareinu - Prangli - Puugi - Põlgaste - Rebaste - Saverna - Sirvaste - Soodoma - Sulaoja - Sõreste - Tiido - Tuulemäe - Tõdu - Valgjärve - Varbuse - Veski - Vissi - Voorepalu Religion Geography The lakes Aalupi, Erastvere and Hüüdre are located in Kanepi Parish. 2018 Flag After the 2017 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rõuge Parish
Rõuge Parish ( et, Rõuge vald; vro, Rõugõ vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. In 2019, it had a population of 5,427 and an area of 933 km². In 2017, it merged with Haanja Parish, Mõniste Parish, Misso Parish, and Varstu Parish to create a new entity. It retained the Rõuge Parish name. Settlements ;Small boroughs Misso - Rõuge - Varstu ;Villages Aabra - Ahitsa - Ala-Palo - Ala-Suhka - Ala-Tilga - Andsumäe - Augli - Haabsilla - Haanja - Häärmäni - Haavistu - Haki - Hallimäe - Hämkoti - Handimiku - Hanija - Hansi - Hapsu - Härämäe - Harjuküla - Heedu - Heibri - Hinsa - Hino - Hintsiko - Hinu - Holdi - Horoski - Horosuu - Horsa - Hotõmäe - Hulaku - Hurda - Hürova - Hürsi - Hüti - Ihatsi - Jaanimäe - Jaanipeebu - Järvekülä - Järvepalu - Jugu - Käänu - Kääraku - Kaaratautsa - Käbli - Kadõni - Kähri - Kahrila-Mustahamba - Kahru - Kaku - Kaldemäe - Kallaste - Kaloga - Kalu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urvaste Parish
Urvaste Parish ( et, Urvaste vald, vro, Urvastõ vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It had a population of 1,413 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 139.62 km2. There are two main tourist attractions: Tamme-Lauri oak and ( et, Pokumaa). Settlements ;Villages Kassi - Kirikuküla - Koigu - Kõlbi - Kuldre - Lümatu - Pihleni - Ruhingu - Toku - Uhtjärve - Urvaste - Uue-Antsla - Vaabina - Visela Gallery File:Urvaste.JPG, Landscape near Urvaste village. File:Urvaste kirik.jpg, Urvaste church File:Pokumaa hooned.JPG, Pokuland, home of fictional characters Pokus, created by Edgar Valter. File:Tamme-Lauri tamm2.JPG, Tamme-Lauri oak The Tamme-Lauri oak ( et, Tamme-Lauri tamm, vro, Tammõ-Lauri tamm) is a large common oak. It is the thickest and oldest tree in Estonia and is located in Antsla Parish, Võru County. The height of the tree is , and the circumference is , measu ... File:10-1991b.jpg, Tamme-Lauri oak, the thickest and oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hargla
Hargla ( vro, Harglõ) is a village in Valga Parish, Valga County in southern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 169. Gallery File:Hargla kõrtsihoone 2013.JPG, Hargla inn File:Harglõ postkontor.JPG, Hargla post office File:20120810 Harglõ kalmuaid.JPG, Hargla cemetery File:Hargla kool 02.JPG, Hargla School References Villages in Valga County Valga Parish Kreis Werro {{valga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karula Parish
Karula Parish () was a rural municipality in Valga County, Estonia. Settlements ;Villages Kaagjärve - Käärikmäe - Karula - Kirbu - Koobassaare - Londi - Lüllemäe - Lusti - Pikkjärve - Pugritsa - Raavitsa - Rebasemõisa - Väheru Väheru is a village in Valga Parish, Valga County, in southeastern Estonia. It has a population of 83 (as of 1 January 2004). Väheru has a station on currently inactive Valga–Pechory Pechory (russian: Печо́ры; Estonian and Set ... - Valtina References {{Valga-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Võru County
Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and Ape Municipality) in the south and Russian Federation (Pskov Oblast) in the east. The territory of Võrumaa covers and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. In January 2013 Võru County had a population of 32,806, 2.5% of the total population in Estonia. The county is subdivided into 12 rural municipalities and one urban municipality, the county capital, Võru. Ethnic Division and Culture In Võru County, there are 95.3% Estonians, 3.3% Russians and 1.4% other nationalities. Two indigenous ethnic groups live in Võru County – the Võro people and the Setos. Both ethnic groups have their own language (Võro, Seto) and cultural heritage in traditions. Võro People The Võro Institute is established for the preservation an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parish (administrative Division)
A parish is an administrative division used by several countries. To distinguish it from an ''ecclesiastical parish'', the term ''civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...'' is used in some jurisdictions, as noted below. The table below lists countries which use this administrative division: See also * Muban References {{Terms for types of country subdivisions Types of administrative division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
