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Tammiku (Kose)
Village
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
Parish	Kose Parish
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Tammiku is a village in Kose Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. Tammiku was the site of a 1994 unintentional disturbance of radiocaesium which resulted in one human fatality.

Name

Tammiku was mentioned in written records as Tammick in 1637 and Tammiko mois in 1782, both referring to the manor there. The name (in the genitive case) comes from the common noun tammik 'oak forest', referring to the local vegetation.

References

1. Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 27 July 2021)
2. "The Radiological Accident in Tammiku". www.iaea.org. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
3. "Tammiku". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

v t e Settlements in Kose Parish
Small boroughs	Ardu Habaja Kose Kose-Uuemõisa Ravila
Villages	Aela Ahisilla Äksi Alansi Harmi Kadja Kanavere Kantküla Karla Kata Katsina Kirivalla Kiruvere Kolu Kõrvenurga Kõue Krei Kuivajõe Kukepala Laane Leistu Liiva Lööra Lutsu Marguse Nõmbra Nõmmeri Nõrava Nutu Ojasoo Oru Pala Palvere Paunaste Paunküla Puusepa Rava Raveliku Riidamäe Rõõsa Saarnakõrve Sääsküla Sae Saula Sõmeru Silmsi Tade Tammiku Triigi Tuhala Uueveski Vahetüki Vanamõisa Vardja Vilama Virla Viskla Võlle

59°12′14″N 24°55′35″E / 59.20389°N 24.92639°E / 59.20389; 24.92639

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