Puka, Estonia

This article is about the settlement in Otepää Parish. For the village in Vinni Parish, see Puka, Lääne-Viru County.

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]

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

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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  Puka, central part
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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 (in Estonian)

Preceding station	Elron			Following station
Palupera towards Tallinn		Tallinn–Tartu–Valga		Mägiste towards Valga