Tartu

Tartu
Tartu
	Ceety
	Owerleukin Toun Haw Square frae Toome Hill.
	Banner Coat airms
	Motto(s): Heade mõtete linn (ceety o guid thochts)
	Tartu Location in Estonie
	Coordinates: 58°23′N 26°43′E / 58.383°N 26.717°E
Kintra	Estonie
Coonty	Tartu Coonty
First settled	5t century AD
First mentioned	1030
Ceety richts	afore 1262
Named for	Taara or tarvas (Aurochs)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Urmas Kruuse (Reform Pairty)
Area
• Total	38.86 km2 (15 sq mi)
• Laund	37.9 km2 (14.6 sq mi)
• Water	1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi) 3.39%
Elevation	57.2 m (188 ft)
Highest elevation	79 m (259 ft)
Population (2013)
• Total	98,449
• Density	2679/km2 (6936/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Estonies	80%
• Roushies	15%
• ither	5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	http://tartu.ee/

Tartu is the seicont lairgest ceety o Estonie. In contrast tae Estonie's poleetical an financial caipital Tallinn, Tartu is aften considert the intellectual an cultural hub, especially syne it is hame tae Estonie's auldest an maist renouned varsity. Situatit 186 km sootheast o Tallinn, the ceety is the centre o soothren Estonie. The Emajõgi river, that connects the twa lairgest lochs o Estonie, crosses Tartu. The ceety is served bi Tartu Airport.

Historical names

As Tartu haes been unner the guidal o sindry rulers ootthrou its history, thare are sindry names for the ceety in unalike leids. Maist o thaim derive frae the earliest attestit form, the Estonie Tarbatu. In German, Swadish an Polish the toun haes been, an whiles still is, kent as Dorpat (help·info), a variant o Tarbatu. In Roushie, the ceety haes been kent as Юрьев (Yuryev) efter Yaroslav I the Wise an Дерпт (Derpt), a variant o Dorpat (housomeivver, syne 1917 the Estonie name Tartu is uised). Similarly, the ceety haes been kent as Tērbata in Latvian.