Flag Coat of Arms
County	Harju County
Mayor	Sulev Roos
Area	158 km²
Population (as of 2005)  - Density	8,013 49.4/km²
Centre  - Coordinates	Tabasalu 59°26' N 24°33' E
Harku Commune within Harju County

Harku Commune (Estonian: Harku vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. Image File history File links Description: Flag of Harju County, Estonia. ... A County (est: Maakond) is an administrative subdivision of Estonia. ... Harju County or Harjumaa (Estonian Harju maakond or Harjumaa) is a County or maakond of Estonia on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... An unphonetic way to write center. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Harju County or Harjumaa (Estonian Harju maakond or Harjumaa) is a County or maakond of Estonia on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. ... This is a list of the rural municipalities (vallad, singular - vald) of Estonia. ... Harju County or Harjumaa (Estonian Harju maakond or Harjumaa) is a County or maakond of Estonia on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. ...

The administrative centre of Harku Commune is Tabasalu small borough with population of 2,000. It is located 13 km west from Estonia's capital, Tallinn. A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer, symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... In politics a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... County Harju County Mayor Tõnis Palts Area 159. ...

History

First mentioned in 1891.

Local government

Current chairman of the council (est: volikogu esimees) is Allan Kiil. The Estonian language (eesti keel) is spoken by about 1. ...

Current mayor (est: vallavanem) is Sulev Roos. The Estonian language (eesti keel) is spoken by about 1. ...

Geography

Populated places

There are 2 small boroughs (est: alevikud, sg. - alevik) and 21 villages (est: külad, sg. - küla) in Harku Commune. Populated places in Estonia officially are of four kinds: towns (est: linnad, singular - linn), boroughs (est: alevid, singular - alev), small boroughs (est: alevikud, singular - alevik) and villages (est: külad, singular - küla). ... The Estonian language (eesti keel) is spoken by about 1. ... Populated places in Estonia officially are of four kinds: towns (est: linnad, singular - linn), boroughs (est: alevid, singular - alev), small boroughs (est: alevikud, singular - alevik) and villages (est: külad, singular - küla). ... The Estonian language (eesti keel) is spoken by about 1. ...

Small boroughs: Harku, Tabasalu.

Villages: Adra, Harkujärve, Humala, Ilmandu, Kumna, Kütke, Laabi, Liikva, Muraste, Naage, Rannamõisa, Suurupi, Sõrve, Tiskre, Tutermaa, Türisalu, Vahi, Vaila, Viti, Vääna, Vääna-Jõesuu.

External links

• Official website (available only in Estonian)
• Map of Harku Commune

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