Haanja

Haanja
Haani (in Võro)
View from Suur Munamägi
View from Suur Munamägi
Haanja is located in Estonia
Haanja
Haanja
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 57°43′08″N 27°03′08″E / 57.71889°N 27.05222°E / 57.71889; 27.05222
Country Estonia
County Võru County
MunicipalityRõuge Parish
Population
 (2004[1])
 • Total191

Haanja (Võro: Haani; German: Hahnshof) is a village in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia.[2] 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. The village had a population of 191 (as of 2004).[1]

Suur Munamägi, the highest peak in Estonia (and the Baltic states), reaching 318 metres (1,043 ft) above sea level, is located in Haanja.

Haanja has also a ski centre and Haanja school.

In motorsports, Haanja also frequently hosts some stages of the South Estonian Rally.

  1. ^ a b "Haanja valla arengukava 2005–2014" (PDF) (in Estonian). Haanja vald. p. 6.
  2. ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 28 July 2021)