Toku, Estonia

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Toku
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 57°52′57″N26°26′10″E / 57.88250°N 26.43611°E / 57.88250; 26.43611
Country Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
County Vorumaa lipp.svg Võru County
Municipality Urvaste valla lipp.gif Antsla Parish
Population
 (26.05.2004 [1] )
  Total42

Toku (also known as Toku-Suntsi) is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia. With a population of 42 (as of 26 May 2004) it's the smallest village in the municipality. [1]

In 2020, Phoebe Neilsen of Tarrytown, NY recorded a song called Toku about the village based on this Wikipedia article and released it on Soundcloud [2] .

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References

  1. 1 2 "Urvaste valla arengukava 2005–2013" (PDF) (in Estonian). Urvaste vald. p. 6.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Toku , retrieved 2023-12-24