Tartu

For ither uises, see Tartu (disambiguation).

Tartu is the seicont lairgest ceety o Estonie. In contrast tae Estonie's poleetical an financial caipital Tallinn, Tartu is aften considert the intellectual an cultural hub, especially syne it is hame tae Estonie's auldest an maist renouned varsity. Situatit 186 km sootheast o Tallinn, the ceety is the centre o soothren Estonie. The Emajõgi river, that connects the twa lairgest lochs o Estonie, crosses Tartu. The ceety is served bi Tartu Airport.

Tartu
Ceety
Owerleukin Toun Haw Square frae Toome Hill.
Banner Coat airms
Motto(s):  Heade mõtete linn (ceety o guid thochts)
Tartu Location in Estonie
Coordinates: 58°23′N 26°43′E
Kintra	Estonie
Coonty	Tartu Coonty
First settled	5t century AD
First mentioned	1030
Ceety richts	afore 1262
Named for	Taara or tarvas (Aurochs)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Urmas Kruuse (Reform Pairty)
Area
• Total	38.86 km2 (15 sq mi)
• Laund	37.9 km2 (14.6 sq mi)
• Water	1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi)  3.39%
Elevation	57.2 m (188 ft)
Highest elevation	79 m (259 ft)
Population  (2013)[1]
• Total	98,449
• Density	2679/km2 (6936/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Estonies	80%
• Roushies	15%
• ither	5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://tartu.ee/

Historical names

As Tartu haes been unner the guidal o sindry rulers ootthrou its history, thare are sindry names for the ceety in unalike leids. Maist o thaim derive frae the earliest attestit form, the Estonie Tarbatu. In German, Swadish an Polish the toun haes been, an whiles still is, kent as Dorpat , a variant o Tarbatu. In Roushie, the ceety haes been kent as Юрьев (Yuryev) efter Yaroslav I the Wise an Дерпт (Derpt), a variant o Dorpat (housomeivver, syne 1917 the Estonie name Tartu is uised). Similarly, the ceety haes been kent as Tērbata in Latvian.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Estonie

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Tartu is twinned wi:

Bærum, Norawa Deventer, Netherlands Ferrara, Italy Frederiksberg, Denmark[2]

Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Hämeenlinna, Finland Kaunas, Lithuanie Lüneburg, Germany

Pskov, Roushie Riga, Latvie Salisbury, Unitit States Tampere, Finland

Turku, Finland Uppsala, Swaden Veszprem, Hungary Zutphen, Netherlands

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