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
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