Kobela | |
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Small borough | |
Coordinates: 57°50′28″N26°28′27″E / 57.84111°N 26.47417°E Coordinates: 57°50′28″N26°28′27″E / 57.84111°N 26.47417°E | |
Country | Estonia |
County | Võru County |
Municipality | Antsla Parish |
First mentioned | 1405 |
Small borough established | 1977 |
Population (2011 Census [1] ) | |
• Total | 313 |
Kobela is a small borough (Estonian : alevik) in Võru County, in southeastern Estonia, located about 3 km (2 mi) northwest of the town of Antsla, near the Lake Vahtsõkivi. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 313. [1]
Populated places in Estonia, are cities or settlement units of rural municipalities, but only cities have administrative functions. Settlement units are divided into settlements and urban regions.
The Estonian language is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people: 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. It is a Southern Finnic language and is the second most spoken language among all the Finnic languages.
Võru County, or Võrumaa; officially, is a county in Southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia in the south and Russian Federation in the east.
Kobela small borough was established in 1977 from Boose and Määrastu villages and parts of Lusti and Madise villages. The settlement that previously bore the name Kobela was renamed to Vana-Antsla. [2]
Lusti is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Madise is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia.
Vana-Antsla is a small borough in Võru County, in southeastern Estonia, located about 4 km (2 mi) north of the town of Antsla. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 181.
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