Tapa Parish
| Tapa Parish Tapa vald |
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| — Municipality of Estonia — | |||
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| Country |  Estonia |
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| County |  Lääne-Viru County |
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| Administrative centre | Tapa | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Kuno Rooba | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 264.33 km2 (102.06 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • Total | 8,894 | ||
| • Density | 34/km2 (87/sq mi) | ||
| Website | www.tapa.ee | ||
Tapa Parish (Estonian: Tapa vald) is a rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia. On January 1, 2008, the parish had 8,894 residents, down from 9,067 one year earlier.
The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tapa. It is located 70 km east of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.
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[edit] History
Tapa Parish was established in October 2005 by merging the town of Tapa with surrounding rural municipalities.
[edit] Local government
Current chairman of the council (Estonian: volikogu esimees) is Aleksander Sile.
Current mayor (Estonian: vallavanem) is Kuno Rooba.
[edit] Geography
[edit] Populated places
There is one town Tapa, one small borough Lehtse and 25 villages: Imastu, Jootme, Jäneda, Karkuse, Kuru, Kõrveküla, Linnape, Loksu, Lokuta, Läpi, Läste, Moe, Nõmmküla, Näo, Patika, Piilu, Pruuna, Rabasaare, Raudla, Rägavere, Räsna, Saiakopli, Saksi, Tõõrakõrve, Vahakulmu.
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 59°16′00″N 25°57′00″E / 59.266667°N 25.95°E
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