Mahtra
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Mahtra is a village in Juuru Parish
Juuru Parish
Juuru Parish is an Estonian municipality located in Rapla County. It has a population of 1627 and an area of 152,4 km².-Settlements:...

, Rapla County
Rapla County
Rapla County , or Raplamaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in western part of the country and borders Järva County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, Lääne County to the west, and Harju County to the north...

, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. It has a population of 92 (as of 1 January 2010).

In 1858 a peasant insurgency called the Mahtra War
Mahtra War
Mahtra War was a peasant insurgency at the Mahtra estate in Estonia, in the then Russian Empire in May-July 1858....

took place at the Mahtra Manor.
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