Abja-Paluoja

Abja-Paluoja is a town in Mulgi Parish, Viljandi County, in southern Estonia. Before 2017, it was the administrative centre of Abja Parish.

Abja-Paluoja
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Abja-Paluoja
Abja-Paluoja
Coordinates: 58°07′33″N 25°21′31″E
CountryEstonia
CountyViljandi County
MunicipalityMulgi Parish
Town status1993
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total1,057
  Rank44th
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Abja-Paluoja was first mentioned in 1505. Abja-Paluoja gained town rights in 1993 and became a sovereign municipality but in 1998 it was merged into surrounding rural municipality Abja Parish.

Since 1940, the Abja Gymnasium has offered secondary education. The kindergarten in Abja-Paluoja was founded in 1912.

Filmmaker, producer, screenwriter, journalist, and historian Riho Västrik was born in Abja-Paluoja in 1965.[2]

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