Voka | |
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| Country |  Estonia |
| County | Ida-Viru County |
| Parish | Toila Parish |
| Population | |
• Total | 823 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Voka is asmall borough (alevik) inToila Parish,Ida-Viru County in northeasternEstonia. As of the2011 census, the settlement's population was 823, of which theEstonians were 687 (83.5%).[1]
The name of the borough of Voka is adapted from the surname of Johann Fock (listed in 1620 as Hans Fåk), who owned a manor in what was then the village of Kollota, southeast of today's borough. The manor was initially named Kollota Manor (Estonian:Kollota mõis), as attested in 1726. In 1781, the manor was bought by the EnglishwomanElizabeth Pierrepont, Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hull (née Elisabeth Chudleigh), who gave it the nameFokenhof and built a new clifftop manor north of today's borough over looking the Baltic Sea. The site of that manor and the adjacent area appears on various older maps asChudleig(h) and Чудлейгъ or Чадлейгъ. By the 18th century, thevillage of Voka southwest of the borough had acquired the nameVoka. A new settlement named Voka was established in the 1920s at the site of Chudleigh's manor, and another in the 1970s near the post station, and these were merged in 1977 to become today's borough of Voka.[2]
Notable people that were born or lived in Voka include the following:
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