Uusküla is a village in
Jõelähtme Parish
Jõelähtme Parish () is a municipality in Estonia. It was established in 1992 and is administratively part of the Harju County, in northwestern Estonia. The parish has a population of 6,969 and an area of , the population density is
The admini ...
,
Harju County
Harju County ( or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the southeast, Rapla Count ...
in northern
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 ...
.
The northern half of the territory of Uusküla is occupied by the
Port of Muuga.
Name
Uusküla was attested in historical sources as ''Niege bue'' in 1491, ''Nyebue'' in 1529, ''UhsKylla'' in 1693, and ''Uekül'' in 1798. The name literally means 'new village', and Uusküla is believed to be a "daughter village" of neighboring
Kallavere.
References
Villages in Harju County
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