Harku Parish

Harku Parish Harku vald
Municipality of Estonia
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Harku Parish within Harju County (yellow) and within Estonia
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
Administrative centre	Tabasalu
Government [1]
• Mayor	Erik Sandla (IRL)
Area [2]
• Total	159.77 km2 (61.69 sq mi)
Population  (01.06.2022)
• Total	16,973[3]
ISO 3166 code	EE-198
Website	www.harku.ee

Harku Parish (Estonian: Harku vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, northern Estonia, located west and neighbouring the capital Tallinn. It occupies an area of 159.77 km² (61.69 sq mi) and has a population of 16,973 (as of June 1, 2022). The population density is 106.234/km² (275.145/sq mi).^[4]

The administrative centre of Harku Parish is Tabasalu a small borough with population of 3,845.^[3]

The current mayor of Harku Parish is Erik Sandla from the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica.^[1] Current chairman of the council (volikogu esimees) is Kalle Palling MP.^[5]

There are 2 small boroughs (alevikud, sg. - alevik) and 22 villages (külad, sg. - küla) in Harku Parish.

Small boroughs: Harku, Tabasalu.

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

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  Tabasalu
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  Muraste
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  Rannamõisa
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  Ranna church
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  Vahiküla waterfall
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  Suurupi upper lighthouse
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  Harku manor
• 
  Kumna manor

• Official website (in Estonian)
• Map of Harku Parish

59°26′N 24°33′E / 59.433°N 24.550°E / 59.433; 24.550