Matjama | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
Coordinates: | 58.5117°N 26.9347°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Tartu County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Peipsiääre Parish |
Population Total: | 55 |
Population As Of: | 2011 Census |
Matjama is a village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It is located by the Jõhvi–Tartu–Valga road (E264). As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 55.[1]
Matjama was the location of one of the earliest libraries in Tartu County, established in 1883.[2]
The theologist, orientalist, and syriologist Arthur Võõbus (1909–1988) was born in Matjama.