Samarina is a village in
Setomaa Parish
Setomaa Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 2,849 (as of 1 January 2022) and an area of 463.1 km2. Demographics
Population in the municipality:
* 2000: 4,206
* 2011: 2,990
* 2022: 2,849
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,
Võru County
Võru County ( or ''Võrumaa''; ) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga and Põlva counties, Latvia's Alūksne and Ape municipalities, and Russia's Pskov Oblast (making it the only Estonian county to border two countries) ...
in southeastern
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 ...
.
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Samarina and its neighbouring villages (
Kundruse,
Litvina,
Pattina,
Perdaku,
Saabolda,
Saatse,
Sesniki and
Ulitina) are notable as part of Estonia that although not an enclave, before 2008, it wasn't reachable by road without passing through Russian territory for several hundred metres, through an area known as the
Saatse Boot. In 2008 a new
Matsuri
Japanese festivals, or , are traditional festive occasions often celebrated with dance and music in Japan. The origin of the word ''matsuri'' is related to the ; there are theories that the word ''matsuri'' is derived from meaning "to wait (for ...
–
Sesniki road was opened, making it possible to reach the area without necessarily passing through the
Saatse Boot. This is however a detour if going from
Värska
Värska () is a small borough () in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. At the 2021 Census, the settlement's population was 414. It is the most populous village of the Paris History
Värska was first mentioned in written sources ...
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References
Villages in Võru County
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