Tõravere 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

Nõo Parish Nõo Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. Settlements ;Small boroughs: Nõo - Tõravere ;Villages: Aiamaa - Altmäe - Etsaste - Enno - Illi - Järiste - Kääni - Keeri - Ketneri - Kolga - Laguja - Luke - Meeri - ...

Tartu County Tartu County ( or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County. The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% of the territory of E ...

, in southern

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. It is located about 5 km northeast of the town of Elva and about 20 km southwest of the city of

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

. Tõravere has a population of 289 (as of 1 January 2012). Tõravere is best known as the location of Estonian biggest professional astronomical science centre

Tartu Observatory The Tartu Observatory () is the largest astronomy, astronomical observatory in Estonia. On 1 January 2018, Tartu Observatory was joined again to the University of Tartu, and the observatory is now an institute of the university. It is located o ...

. Tõravere has a station on link between

and Valga. Tõravere was first mentioned in 1582 as ''Terrawera''. File:Tõravere raudteepeatus 03.jpg, Tõravere railway station File:Toravere Observatooriumi tn.jpg, Street in Tõravere File:Tartu Observatoorium.jpg, Estonian biggest telescope inside the

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. File:Toravere-ilmajaam.jpg, Tõravere weather station

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Nõo Parish
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia Kreis Dorpat {{Tartu-geo-stub