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Puka, Estonia
Puka | |
|---|---|
  Puka Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 58°3′11″N 26°14′28″E / 58.05306°N 26.24111°E | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Valga County |
| Municipality | Otepää Parish |
| Population | |
• Total | 580 |
Puka (German: Bockenhof) is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Otepää Parish, Valga County, southern Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Puka Parish until 2017. 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]
- ^ a b "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Puka alevik" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
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