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Puka
Small borough
Country Estonia
County Valga County
Municipality Puka Parish
Population
 (2011 Census[1])
 • Total580

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]

  • Railway station
    Railway station
  • Pharmacy-house in Puka
    Pharmacy-house in Puka
  • Reservoir
    Reservoir

References

  1. ^ a b "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.

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