#language en = 2013/Estonia/Tartu = '''Tartu''' is the second largest city of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia|Estonia]]. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallinn|Tallinn]], Tartu is often considered the intellectual centre of the country, especially since it is home to the oldest and most renowned [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tartu|university]] in Estonia. The city also houses the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Estonia|Supreme Court of Estonia]] and the Ministry of Education and Research. Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, Tartu is the centre of southern Estonia and lies on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emajõgi|Emajõgi]] ("Mother river"), which connects the two largest lakes of Estonia. The city is served by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartu_Airport|Tartu Airport]]. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Estonia|ancient Estonian]] fortress of '''Tarbatu''' was founded in the 5th century AD. Historical names for the city include German '''Dorpat''' (from the 13th century) and Russian '''Yuryev''' (''Юрьев'', from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1030|1030]]) and '''Derpt''' (''Дерпт''). Source and further reading - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartu == Teams == Please manually add a link to your team page below after creating it: * [[Küsi minult Linuxit!]] (The idea of adding another team page is that there may be more than one team in a region/city) == Create a new Team page: == <> In all cases you need to keep the {{{CategoryCity2013}}} to allow your city to be listed! ---- CategoryCity2013