Puru is a village in
Jõhvi Parish
Jõhvi Parish ( et, Jõhvi vald) is an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County, consisting of the county capital Jõhvi and its environs. It has a population of 13,174 (2006) and an area of .
Settlements Towns
Jõhvi
Small boroughs
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,
Ida-Viru County
Ida-Viru County ( et, Ida-Viru maakond or ''Ida-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used ...
in northeastern
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, a ...
.
(
ICAO
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: EEJI) is located on the territories of Puru village.
Pedagogic scientist, school director and politician
Peeter Põld (1878–1930) was born in Puru.
References
Villages in Ida-Viru County
Kreis Wierland
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