Haanja ( vro, Haani; german: Hahnshof) is a village in
Rõuge Parish,
Võru County, in southeastern
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, a ...
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[ (retrieved 28 July 2021)] It's located 16 km south from the town of
Võru. Between 1991 and 2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) the village was the administrative centre of
Haanja Parish
Haanja Parish ( et, Haanja vald; vro, Haani vald) was a rural municipality in Võru County, southeastern Estonia.
In 2017, it merged with Rõuge Parish, Mõniste Parish, Misso Parish, and Varstu Parish to create a new entity. It retained the ...
. The village had a population of 191 (as of 2004).
Suur Munamägi
Suur Munamägi (; translation "Great Egg Mountain") is the highest peak in Estonia (and the Baltic states), reaching above sea level. It is located near the village of Haanja, in Võru County in the south-eastern corner of Estonia, close to t ...
, the highest peak in Estonia (and the Baltic states), reaching 318 metres (1,043 ft) above sea level, is located in Haanja.
Haanja has a well renowned ski centre.
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Haanja Parish
Villages in Võru County
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