Korkuna

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Korkuna
Coordinates: 57°38′25″N26°18′46″E / 57.64028°N 26.31278°E / 57.64028; 26.31278 Coordinates: 57°38′25″N26°18′46″E / 57.64028°N 26.31278°E / 57.64028; 26.31278
Country Estonia
County Valga County
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)

Korkuna is a village in Valga Parish, Valga County in southeastern Estonia. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 28 July 2021)
  2. "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-07-09.