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# Tapa

A settlement in Estonia.

## English name

**Tapa** — Official Estonian Latin-script name retained in English.

Other forms in use:

- **Taps** — German historical name used for the railway town before Estonian naming.

## French name

**Tapa** — Same as in English; used as the French locality heading.

Other forms in use:

- **Taps** — Former German name explicitly used in French locality history; the reference dates official replacement to 1920.

## About

Tapa is a town in northern Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. Its railway junction and military garrison have strongly shaped its development.

## Notes

Bare English Tapa reaches disambiguation Q295436. Correct settlement reference Tapa, Estonia and supplied Q650577 used; French Taps is historical. Sources checked 2026-11-15: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapa\_(Estonie) ; https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650577 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapa,\_Estonia.

Identifiers: [Wikidata Q650577](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650577) · [JSON](https://md.locations.elamur.ai/free/en/estonia/tapa/?format=json)


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