Voka (village)

Voka
Voka
Village
	Voka
	Coordinates: 59°23′39″N 27°33′38″E / 59.39417°N 27.56056°E
Country	Estonia
County	Ida-Viru County
Parish	Toila Parish
Population (2011)
• Total	106
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Voka is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia.^[2]

Name

The village of Voka was originally named *Kirivere or *Kärivere, and it was attested in historical sources as Kiriuere in 1426, Käriwieriin 1583–1589, and Kärrifer in 1726. The owner of the nearby manor, named Fokenhof, southeast of what is now the borough of Voka, was listed as Hans Fåk (i.e., Johann Fock) in 1620. The name Voka for the village dates from the 18th century, and it is an adaptation of the surname Fock.^[3]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Voka include the following:

Carl Sarap (1893–1942), editor and photographer

References

^ "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex an age". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014^{[dead link]} (retrieved 28 July 2021)
^ "Voka". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved July 17, 2025.

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[es-1] "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex an age". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

[2] Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014^{[dead link]} (retrieved 28 July 2021)

[3] "Voka". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved July 17, 2025.

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v t e Settlements in Toila Parish
Borough	Kohtla-Nõmme
Small boroughs	Toila Voka
Villages	Altküla Amula Järve Kaasikaia Kaasikvälja Kabelimetsa Kohtla Kohtla-Uueküla Konju Kukruse Martsa Metsamägara Mõisamaa Ontika Paate Päite Peeri Pühajõe Roodu Saka Servaääre Täkumetsa Uikala Vaivina Valaste Vitsiku Voka