Abja-Paluoja

Abja-Paluoja

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Abja-Paluoja
Coordinates: 58°07′33″N 25°21′31″E / 58.12583°N 25.35861°E / 58.12583; 25.35861Coordinates: 58°07′33″N 25°21′31″E / 58.12583°N 25.35861°E / 58.12583; 25.35861
Country Estonia
County Viljandi County
Municipality Abja Parish
Town rights 1993
Population (1 September 2006)
  Total 1,406
Time zone EET (UTC+2)

Abja-Paluoja is a town in Viljandi County, in southern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Abja Parish.

Abja-Paluoja was first mentioned in 1505. Abja-Paluoja gained town rights in 1993 and became a sovereign municipality but in 1998 it was merged into surrounding rural municipality Abja Parish.

Since 1940, the Abja Gymnasium has offered secondary education. The kindergarten in Abja-Paluoja was founded in 1912.

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