Matjama

{{Short description|Village in Estonia}}

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| name = Matjama

| settlement_type = Village

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Tartu County

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Peipsiääre Parish

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| population_total = 55

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Matjama is a village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It is located by the JõhviTartuValga road (E264). As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 55.{{cite web|title=Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age|url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=PC003&lang=1|publisher=Statistics Estonia|accessdate=15 July 2013|date=31 December 2011}}

Matjama was the location of one of the earliest libraries in Tartu County, established in 1883.{{cite web|title=Matjama küla|url=http://www.eestigiid.ee/?CatID=293&ItemID=3584|publisher=eestigiid.ee|accessdate=14 July 2013|language=Estonian}}

The theologist, orientalist, and syriologist Arthur Võõbus (1909–1988) was born in Matjama.

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{{Peipsiääre Parish}}

Category:Villages in Tartu County

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