Klooga, Estonia
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Klooga | |
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  Klooga Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 59°19.2′N 24°12.84′E / 59.3200°N 24.21400°E | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Harju County |
| Municipality |  Lääne-Harju Parish |
Klooga is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Lääne-Harju Parish in Harju County in northern Estonia. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,203, of which the Estonians were 642 (53.4%).[1]
During the German occupation in World War II, Klooga concentration camp, a Nazi labor camp, was situated there as a satellite camp of Vaivara concentration camp. On 19 September 1944, about 2,000 inmates of the Klooga camp were executed and the corpses burned on pyres.
A large area of the settlement is covered by Estonian Defence Forces' military training field Klooga training area.
Klooga has rail stations Klooga and Klooga-Aedlinn on the Elron western route.
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Klooga railway station -
Former Soviet Army buildings -
Grave of Holocaust victims at Klooga cemetery. -
See also
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[edit]- ^ "Number and share of Estonians by place of residence (settlement)". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
| Preceding station | Elron | Following station | ||
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| Niitvälja towards Tallinn
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Tallinn–Turba/Paldiski | Klooga-Aedlinn towards Paldiski
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| Kloogaranna Terminus
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59°19.2′N 24°12.84′E / 59.3200°N 24.21400°E
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