Kaaruka

Village in Estonia

Village in Järva County, Estonia

59°00′48″N 25°44′13″E / 59.01333°N 25.73694°E / 59.01333; 25.73694Country

EstoniaCounty

Järva CountyMunicipality

PaideFirst mentioned1564^[1]Population

(31.12.2010^[2])

• Total78

Kaaruka is a village in Paide municipality, Järva County in northern-central Estonia. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform in Estonia of local governments, it was located in Roosna-Alliku Parish.^[3] The village is located just southeast of Roosna-Alliku, the former administrative centre of the Roosna-Alliku Parish.^[4] It has a population of 78 (as of 31 December 2010).^[2]

Kaaruka was first mentioned in 1564.^[1]

Football players Meelis Rooba and Urmas Rooba were born in Kaaruka.

Writer Wimberg described Kaaruka as the main location of his 2002 novel "Lipamäe".

References

^ ^a ^b "Kaaruka küla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Roosna-Alliku valla arengukava aastateks 2012–2020" (PDF) (in Estonian). Roosna-Alliku vald. p. 6. Retrieved 24 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014^{[dead link]} (retrieved 28 July 2021)
^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014^{[dead link]} (retrieved 28 July 2021)