Soodoma was a village in

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in southeastern

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. It was located about 4.5 km southeast of

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, the administrative centre of the

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, by the

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– Luhamaa road ( E263), just next to Erastvere. As of 2011 Census, the village's population was 150. On 1 March 2021 Soodoma village was dissolved and its territory was merged into Erastvere village. The village was specially known for its odd name referring to the infamous biblical city

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. It gained the name from a farmstead which was named by the local landlord from the Erastvere Manor.

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Former villages in Estonia Populated places in Põlva County Kanepi Parish {{Põlva-geo-stub