Porkuni
Porkuni is a village in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia. The settlement is located around the Lake Porkuni, which is the source of the Valgejõgi River. In 1944, the Battle of Porkuni was fought in the area.
- Hamlet with about 140 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 130 metres (420 feet)
- Description: village in Tapa Rural Municipality, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
- Also known as“Myza Porkuni”“Porkuni Asundus”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Porkuni manor house and Porkuni limestone museum.
Porkuni
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Latitude
59.18772° or 59° 11′ 16″ north
Longitude
26.20487° or 26° 12′ 18″ east
Open location code
9GF856Q3+3W
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Volapük—“Porkuni” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պոռկունի”
- Belarusian: “Поркуні”
- Cebuano: “Porkuni”
- Chuvash: “Поркуни”
- Dutch: “Porkuni”
- Estonian: “Porkuni küla”
- Estonian: “Porkuni”
- French: “Porkuni”
- German: “Borkholm”
- German: “Porkuni”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Porkuni”
- Lithuanian: “Porkunis”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Porkuni”
- Persian: “پورکونی”
- Polish: “Porkuni”
- Russian: “Поркуни”
- Swedish: “Porkuni”
- Tatar: “Поркуни”
- Ukrainian: “Поркуні”
- Volapük: “Porkuni”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Porkuni Kaieallika beach and Porkuni rannavõrkpalliplats.
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