Puka, Estonia

Puka
Small borough
Puka Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°3′11″N 26°14′28″E / 58.05306°N 26.24111°ECoordinates: 58°3′11″N 26°14′28″E / 58.05306°N 26.24111°E
Country	Estonia
County	Valga County
Municipality	Puka Parish
Population (2011 Census[1])
• Total	580

Puka (German: Bockenhof) is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Valga County, southern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Puka Parish. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 580.^[1]

Architect Georg Hellat (1870–1943) was born in Puka.

On 1 May 1897, a military train derailed 3 km north of Puka. 58 people were killed and 44 deeply wounded in the accident.^[2]

Gallery

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  Railway station

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  Pharmacy-house in Puka

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  Reservoir

References

1. "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
2. "Puka alevik" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

External links

• Puka Parish (Estonian)

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