First-level administrative subdivisions of Estonia

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Counties of Estonia

<p><b><a href="/en/County" title="County" class="wl">Counties</a></b> (<a href="/en/Estonian_language" title="Estonian language" class="wl">Estonian</a><span>: </span><i lang="et">maakond</i>, plural <i><span><i lang="et">maakonnad</i></span></i>) are the state administrative subdivisions of <a href="/en/Estonia" title="Estonia" class="wl">Estonia</a>. Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties, including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands. County governments (<i><span><i lang="et">maavalitsus</i></span></i>) were abolished at the end of 2017, with their duties split between state authorities and local governments, and nowadays counties have no noteworthy independent competences. Counties are composed of <a href="/en/Municipalities_of_Estonia" title="Municipalities of Estonia" class="wl">municipalities</a> of two types: urban municipalities (towns, <i><span><i lang="et">linnad</i></span></i>) and rural municipalities (parishes, <i><span><i lang="et">vallad</i></span></i>), which are by law required to cooperate in development of their county.</p>

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<figure class="mw-halign-right wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Estonia,_administrative_divisions_-_de_-_colored_2017.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Counties of Estonia (after the 2017 Administrative Reform)" data-hash="File:Estonia,_administrative_divisions_-_de_-_colored_2017.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Counties of Estonia (after the 2017 Administrative Reform)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Estonia%2C_administrative_divisions_-_de_-_colored_2017.svg/550px-Estonia%2C_administrative_divisions_-_de_-_colored_2017.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1666" data-file-height="1391" data-file-type="drawing" height="459" width="550" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Estonia%2C_administrative_divisions_-_de_-_colored_2017.svg/825px-Estonia%2C_administrative_divisions_-_de_-_colored_2017.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Estonia%2C_administrative_divisions_-_de_-_colored_2017.svg/1100px-Estonia%2C_administrative_divisions_-_de_-_colored_2017.svg.png 2x"></a><figcaption>Counties of Estonia (after the 2017 Administrative Reform)</figcaption></figure>


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<dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><i>Municipal</i>: <a href="/en/Estonian_municipal_elections,_2009" title="Estonian municipal elections, 2009" class="mw-redirect wl">2009</a></li><li><a href="/en/Estonian_municipal_elections,_2013" title="Estonian municipal elections, 2013" class="mw-redirect wl">2013</a></li><li><a href="/en/Estonian_municipal_elections,_2017" title="Estonian municipal elections, 2017" class="mw-redirect wl">2017</a></li></ul></div></dd>
<dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><i>European</i>: <a href="/en/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Estonia" title="2014 European Parliament election in Estonia" class="wl">2014</a></li><li><a href="/en/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Estonia" title="2019 European Parliament election in Estonia" class="wl">2019</a></li><li><a href="/en/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Estonia" title="2024 European Parliament election in Estonia" class="mw-redirect wl"><i>2024</i></a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td>
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Counties are the state administrative subdivisions of Estonia. Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties, including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands. County governments were abolished at the end of 2017, with their duties split between state authorities and local governments, and nowadays counties have no noteworthy independent competences. Counties are composed of municipalities of two types: urban municipalities and rural municipalities , which are by law required to cooperate in development of their county. 