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Suru Suursoo
Suru Suursoo is a bog in Harju County, Estonia. The bog is part of Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve ( et, Põhja-Kõrvemaa looduskaitseala) is a protected area in Harju County, Northern Estonia, some 50 km east of Tallinn. With an area of 130.9 km2, it is the third largest nature reserve in Estonia. Do .... The area of the bog is 2557 ha. References {{reflist Harju County Bogs of Estonia ...
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Kõnnu Suursoo
Kõnnu may refer to several places in Estonia: *Kõnnu, Harju County, village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County *Kõnnu, Jõgeva County, village in Jõgeva Parish, Jõgeva County *Kõnnu, Pärnu County, village in Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish, Pärnu County *Kõnnu, Põlva County, village in Räpina Parish, Põlva County *Kõnnu, Saaremaa Parish, village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County *Kõnnu, Tartu County, village in Kastre Parish, Tartu County *Püha-Kõnnu Püha-Kõnnu (Kõnnu until 2017) is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Pihtla Parish Pihtla Parish was a municipality in Saare County, Estonia. The munic ...
, village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, formerly known as Kõnnu when located in Pihtla Parish {{geodis ...
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Harju County
Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen 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 southeast, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the southwest. The capital and largest city of Estonia, Tallinn, is situated in Harju County. Harju County is the largest county in Estonia in terms of population, as almost half (45%) of the Estonia's population lives in Harju County. History Ancient history The territory of modern Harju County consists mostly of two ancient Estonian counties: Revala, around what is now Tallinn, and Harjumaa, which was situated south of Revala and presently rests 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 cap ...
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Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,200 other islands and islets on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of . The capital city Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest urban areas of the country. The Estonian language is the autochthonous and the official language of Estonia; it is the first language of the majority of its population, as well as the world's second most spoken Finnic language. The land of what is now modern Estonia has been inhabited by '' Homo sapiens'' since at least 9,000 BC. The medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Ch ...
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Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve
Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve ( et, Põhja-Kõrvemaa looduskaitseala) is a protected area in Harju County, Northern Estonia, some 50 km east of Tallinn. With an area of 130.9 km2, it is the third largest nature reserve in Estonia. Dominated by forests and bogs, it aims to protect rare and endangered species, their habitats, and valuable natural landscapes. Põhja-Kõrvemaa (meaning North Kõrvemaa) occupies the northern part of Kõrvemaa, which itself forms the northern part of Transitional Estonia, a large forested and sparsely populated area spanning in northeast–southwest direction through Estonia, from Lahemaa through Soomaa to Latvia. History Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve was established in the end of 1991, a few months after Estonia regained its independence. Throughout the Soviet Era a large part of the nature reserve's current territory was used by Soviet Army for military training and as such was closed to the public. The proving grounds were establi ...
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