Puka () is a
small borough
The following is a list of Populated places in Estonia, boroughs () and Populated places in Estonia, small boroughs () in Estonia.
Boroughs
*Aegviidu
*Järva-Jaani
*Järvakandi
*Kiili
*Kohila
*Kohtla-Nõmme
*Lavassaare
*Märjamaa
*Paikuse
*Pärn ...
() in
Otepää Parish
Otepää Parish () is a rural municipality (Estonia), rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia. It includes the town of Otepää, which is referred to as the "winter capital" of Estonia.
The parish was formed in 2017 by merging of t ...
,
Valga County
Valga County ( or ''Valgamaa'') is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and largest town of Valga Co ...
, southern
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
. 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 best-known masterpiece is the building of the Estonian Students' Society in Tartu
Tartu is the secon ...
(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 links
Puka Parish
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Kreis Dorpat
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