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Pärnu kesklinn - Aerial photo of Pärnu in Estonia (2)
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The Academia Gustavo-Carolina, a predecessor of the modern University of Tartu, operated in Pärnu from 1699 to 1710.

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Pärnu

Estonia

Country
Estonia
Population
50.6K
Coordinates
58.39, 24.50
1271st most populous city in the world

Pärnu is a city in southwest Estonia. Pärnu is located 128 kilometres (80 mi) south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and 176 kilometres (109 mi) west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga, which is a part of the Baltic Sea.

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Photo: Kristian Pikner · CC BY-SA 4.0