Lokuti
{{Short description|Village in Estonia}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lokuti
| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Estonia
| coordinates = {{coord|59|16|46|N|24|44|43|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Estonia
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = Harju County
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Saku Parish
| established_title = First mentioned
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| population_total = 95
| population_as_of = 01.06.2012
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Lokuti is a village in Saku Parish, Harju County, Estonia,{{EHAK|4481}} (retrieved 27 July 2021) located about {{convert|17|km|0|abbr=on}} south of the capital Tallinn. It has a population of 95 (as of 1 June 2012).{{cite web|title=Saku valla sooline ja vanuseline koosseis|url=http://www.sakuvald.ee./orb.aw/class=file/action=preview/id=49262/Saku+valla+sooline+ja+vanuseline+koosseis+seisuga+01.06.2012.xls|publisher=Saku vald|accessdate=5 June 2012|date=1 June 2012}} {{dead link|date=May 2016}}
The Tallinn–Rapla (Tallinn–Viljandi) road (nr. 15) passes through Lokuti. The Vääna River flows through the village on its northern side.
In 1499 a Lokuta farmstead (Locketal) was mentioned on the site for the first time. Later a support manor of Saku Manor was located here (Paulshof).{{cite web|title=Lokuti küla|url=http://www.eestigiid.ee/?CatID=273&ItemID=226|publisher=eestigiid.ee|accessdate=5 June 2012|language=Estonian}} The nowadays settlement developed in the 1950s. In the 1960s a barn for cows with 448 slots was built.{{cite web|last=Hellenurm|first=Manivald|title=Saku näidissovhoos 1958 -1992|url=http://www.sakuvald.ee/6258|publisher=Saku vald|accessdate=5 June 2012|language=Estonian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210133437/http://www.sakuvald.ee/6258#|archive-date=2006-02-10|url-status=dead}}
In 2006 there were plans to build 1600 new residential buildings into Lokuti, so the settlement would grow into a small borough with a population of 5000.{{cite news|last=Peensoo|first=Piret|title=Saku valda võib kerkida 5000 elanikuga Lokuti alevik|url=http://www.epl.ee/news/eesti/saku-valda-voib-kerkida-5000-elanikuga-lokuti-alevik.d?id=51058698|accessdate=5 June 2012|newspaper=Eesti Päevaleht|date=3 October 2006|language=Estonian}} Since then no building process has taken place.