Taguküla

Taguküla is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.

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Settlement.official_name: Taguküla
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.pushpin_map: Estonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hiiu County
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Parish
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Hiiumaa Parish
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3

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Taguküla is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia.

==Name== Taguküla was attested in historical sources as Kassarske Baakbyyn ell. Taggokülla in 1688, Takakyla in 1709, and Taggo in 1798. The name literally means 'back village', semantically contrasting with nearby Esiküla (literally, 'front village'), referring to their relative positions.