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Nurga

Nurga is a village in Põltsamaa Parish, Jõgeva County in eastern Estonia.

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Settlement.official_name: Nurga
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jõgeva County
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Parish
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Põltsamaa Parish
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3

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Nurga is a village in Põltsamaa Parish, Jõgeva County in eastern Estonia.

==Name== Nurga was attested in historical sources as Norka in 1583, Nurkaperre (referring to a farm; cf. pere 'farm') in 1638, and Nurka M. (referring to the manor; cf. mõis 'manor') in 1797. The name is derived from the common noun nurk (genitive: nurga) 'corner; remote place'.