Puka, Estonia
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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. Fifty-eight people were killed and forty-four badly injured in the accident.[2]
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