Puka, Estonia

For the village, see Puka, Lääne-Viru County.
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
MunicipalityOtepää Parish
Population
 (2011 Census)
 • 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.

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.

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