Lääne County
Lääne County
Läänemaa | |
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| Country | Estonia |
| Capital | Haapsalu |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,383 km2 (920 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 20,227 |
| • Rank | 14th |
| • Density | 10.3/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Estonians | 89.3% |
| • Russians | 7.4% |
| • other | 3.3% |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €320 million (2022) |
| • Per capita | €15,658 (2022) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-56 |
| Vehicle registration | S |
Lääne County (Estonian: Lääne maakond or Läänemaa, literally "Western land"; German: Wiek; Latin: Rotalia) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in western Estonia and borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Harju County to the north-east, Rapla County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, and the island counties of Saare and Hiiu to the west. In January 2009 Lääne County had a population of 23,810 – constituting 2.0% of the total population in Estonia.