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👉 Tartu County in the context of Tartu Observatory

The Tartu Observatory (Estonian: Tartu Observatoorium) is the largest astronomical observatory in Estonia. On 1 January 2018, Tartu Observatory was joined again to the University of Tartu, and the observatory is now an institute of the university. It is located on the TÔravere hill, about 20 km south-west of Tartu in NÔo Parish, Tartu County. The old Tartu Observatory, located in Tartu city centre, is known internationally for its connection to Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve and the Struve Geodetic Arc, of which it is the first reference point.

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Tartu County in the context of EmajÔgi

The EmajĂ”gi (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈemɑ.jÉ€gi]; lit. 'Mother river') is a river in Estonia which flows from Lake VĂ”rtsjĂ€rv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km (6.2 mi). It has a length of 100 km (62 mi).

The EmajÔgi is sometimes called the Suur EmajÔgi ('Great EmajÔgi'), in contrast with the VÀike EmajÔgi ('Little EmajÔgi'), another river which flows into the southern end of Lake VÔrtsjÀrv.

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Tartu County in the context of Saint Petersburg Governorate

Saint Petersburg Governorate was a province (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Saint Petersburg. The governorate was composed of 44,613 square kilometres (17,225 sq mi) of area and 2,112,033 inhabitants. It was bordered by Estonian and Livonian Governorates to the west, Pskov Governorate to the south, Novgorod Governorate to the east, Olonets Governorate to the northeast, and Vyborg Governorate of the Grand Duchy of Finland to the north. The governorate covered most of the areas of modern Leningrad Oblast and Ida-Viru, JÔgeva, Tartu, PÔlva, and VÔru counties of Estonia.
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Tartu County in the context of VÔro language

VĂ”ro (/ˈvɒroʊ/ VORR-oh; VĂ”ro: vĂ”ro kiilÊŒ [ˈvÉ€ro kÊČiːlÊČ], Estonian: vĂ”ru keel) is a South Estonian language. It has its own literary standard and efforts have been undertaken to seek official recognition as an indigenous regional language of Estonia. VĂ”ro has roughly 75,000 speakers (VĂ”ros), mostly in southeastern Estonia, in the eight parishes of the historical VĂ”ru County: Karula, HarglĂ”, UrvastĂ”, RĂ”ugĂ”, Kanepi, PĂ”lva, RĂ€pinĂ€ and VahtsĂ”liina. These parishes are currently centred (due to redistricting) in VĂ”ru and PĂ”lva counties, with parts extending into Valga and Tartu counties. Speakers can also be found in the cities of Tallinn, Tartu, and the rest of Estonia.

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