Karepa

Karepa is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.

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Settlement.official_name: Karepa
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Karepa rand.jpg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Estonia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lääne-Viru County
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Parish
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Haljala Parish
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST

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Karepa is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.

==Name== Karepa was attested in historical sources as Wald von Karrepso/Karlopso in 1541 (referring to the forest), Karepaeh in 1726, Karepä in 1796, and Karlpae in 1844. Enn Tarvel suggested that the name derives from the words kare 'unplowed, grassy land' plus -pa (from pea 'head(land)').