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Harju County

county of Estonia
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Summary

Harju County is a county[1]. It ranks in the top 0.98% of county entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,777 views/month, #1 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Estonia[3]
  • Country: Estonia[4]
  • Capital: Tallinn[5]
  • Shares border with: Lääne-Viru County[6], Lääne County[7], Rapla County[8], Järva County[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Anija Rural Municipality[10], Harku Rural Municipality[11], Jõelähtme Rural Municipality[12], Keila City[13], Kiili Rural Municipality[14], Kose Rural Municipality[15], Kuusalu Rural Municipality[16], Loksa City[17], Lääne-Harju Rural Municipality[18], Maardu City[19], Raasiku Rural Municipality[20], Rae Rural Municipality[21], Saku Rural Municipality[22], Saue Rural Municipality[23]
  • Flag: flag of Harju County[24]
  • Twinned administrative body: Guldborgsund Municipality[25]
  • Commons category: Harju County[26]
  • Official website: http://harju.maavalitsus.ee[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Harju County[28]
  • Population: 572,103[29], 575,601[30], 576,265[31], 582,556[32], 589,610[33], 598,059[34], 605,029[35], 609,515[36], 638,076[37], 646,315[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Harju County[39]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Harju County[40]
  • Category for people buried here: Q140130426[41]
  • Area: 4338.3 km²[42], 4326.7 km²[43]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Eesti 1000[44]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Harju County[45]

Why It Matters

Harju County has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Related Entities

Estonia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Land and Spatial Development Board. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cs',
    Sitelink count → 74
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||pl, fr, es, lv, gl, id, de, sv, sk, sr, tr, ca, fi, nn, cs, hr, lt, da, en, nb, lb, mul */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs; add mul al"
  2. 25d ago · Daniel Vincenc · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Anija Rural Municipality, Harku Rural Municipality, Jõelähtme Rural Municipality +13
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Anija Rural Municipality"
  3. 19w ago · Miikul · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people buried here → Q140130426
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for people buried here: Q140130426"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Harju County
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Harju County
    Official website → http://harju.maavalitsus.ee
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 506114, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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