Tartu

Tartu
City
Tartu linn City of Tartu
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  Heade mõtete linn ("City of good thoughts")
Tartu Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°23′N 26°43′E
Country	Estonia
County	Tartu County
First settled	5th century AD
First mentioned	1030
City rights	before 1262
Named for	Taara or tarvas (Aurochs)
Government
• Mayor	Urmas Klaas (Reform Party)
Area
• Total	38.80 km2 (15 sq mi)
• Land	37.9 km2 (14.6 sq mi)
• Water	1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi)  3.39%
Elevation	57.2 m (188 ft)
Highest elevation	79 m (259 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	96,904
• Rank	2nd
• Density	2,508.6/km2 (6,497/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Estonians	80.1%
• Russians	14.6%
• other	5.3%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	50050 to 51111
Vehicle registration	T
Website	tartu.ee

Tartu is the second biggest city in Estonia. The University of Tartu, the oldest and most famous in Estonia is found there. Around 102,000 people were living in Tartu as of 2008.

Twin towns

These are the twin towns of Tartu:

Bærum, Norway Deventer, Netherlands Ferrara, Italy Frederiksberg, Denmark

Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Hämeenlinna, Finland Kaunas, Lithuania Lüneburg, Germany

Pskov, Russia Riga, Latvia Salisbury, Maryland, United States Tampere, Finland

Turku, Finland Uppsala, Sweden Veszprem, Hungary Zutphen, Netherlands

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