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Panga, Saare County

Panga is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, in western Estonia.

Geography

On the coast close to the village is Panga Cliff.

Name

Panga was attested in historical sources as Pancker orth (probably referring to the cliff) in 1554, and as Pancke and Pank in 1645. The name of the village comes from the common noun (genitive ) 'steep rocky coast, bluff, cliff', which is borrowed from Swedish 'slope; ridge' or Low German 'slope, sandy ridge', probably also influenced by Estonian Swedish 'rampart on the ground or beach, hardened soil'.

History

Before the administrative reform of 2017, the village was in Mustjala Parish.

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