Harju County
| Harju County | |||
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| County of Estonia | |||
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| Country | Estonia | ||
| Capital | Tallinn | ||
| Government | |||
| • Governor | Ülle Rajasalu | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 4,333 km2 (1,673 sq mi) | ||
| Population (01.01.2015) | |||
| • Total | 575,601 | ||
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||
| • Estonians | 61.9% | ||
| • Russians | 31.2% | ||
| • other | 7% | ||
| ISO 3166 code | EE-37 | ||
| GDP(nominal) | 2014 | ||
| - Total | €12 billion | ||
| - Per capita | €20,000([1]) | ||
| Website | harju |
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Harju County (Estonian: Harju maakond), or Harjumaa (German: Harrien or Rugel, Latin: Harria) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the south-east, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the south-west. In January 2015 Harju County had a population of 575,601 – constituting 43.8% of the total population of Estonia. Tallinn, the capital and largest city of Estonia, constitutes about 72% of the county's population with its 413,782 inhabitants.
The territory of the modern Harju County consisted mostly of two ancient Estonian counties: Revala, around what is now Tallinn, and Harjumaa, which was situated south of Revala and is today situated mostly in Rapla County. Lindanise, then a small trading post at the Gulf of Finland, served as the capital of Revala. It eventually grew into the mostly German-populated Hanseatic town of Reval and later into the Estonian capital Tallinn.
In 1219, the Danish King Valdemar II landed in Lindanise (Danish: Lyndanisse) and conquered both Revala and Harju counties, while the inhabitants were forced into Christianity. At the end of the Livonian Crusade (1208-1227 in Estonia), both counties were captured by the Order of the Sword Brothers until given back to Denmark with the Treaty of Stensby in 1238.
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