Hiiu County

Hiiu County is one of 15 counties of Estonia, being the smallest county both in terms of area and population. It consists of , the second-largest of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it.
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  • Type: county with 9,380 residents
  • Description: county of Estonia
  • Also known as: Hiiu maakond”, “Hiiu Maakond”, “Hiiumaa”, “Hiiumaa Rajoon”, and “Khiyumaaskiy Rayon

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hiiumaa.

Photo: Hannu, Public domain.
is the second largest island in and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is . It is located within Hiiu County.

Hiiu County

Latitude
58.9° or 58° 54′ north
Longitude
22.6333° or 22° 38′ east
Population
9,380
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
9GC4WJ2M+28
Geo­Names ID
592133
Wiki­data ID
Q1466462
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Hiiu County” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: مقاطعة هيو
  • Armenian: Հիյումաա
  • Azerbaijani: Hiyumаа
  • Basque: Hiiu konderria
  • Basque: Hiiuko konderria
  • Belarusian: Павет Хійу
  • Belarusian: Хіюмаа
  • Bengali: হিউ কাউন্টি
  • Bosnian: Okrug Hiiumaa
  • Bulgarian: Хииу
  • Bulgarian: Хию
  • Catalan: Comtat de Hiiu
  • Cebuano: Hiiumaa
  • Chechen: Хийумаа
  • Chinese: 希乌县
  • Chinese: 希尤县
  • Chinese: 希尤縣
  • Chinese: 希烏縣
  • Cornish: Konteth Hiiu
  • Croatian: Okrug Hiiu
  • Croatian: Okrug Hiiumaa
  • Czech: Hiiumaa
  • Czech: kraj Hiiumaa
  • Danish: Dagø amt
  • Danish: Hiiumaa
  • Danish: Hiuu amt
  • Danish: Hiuu maakond
  • Dutch: Hiiumaa
  • Erzya: Хийумаа ёнкс
  • Estonian: Hiiu maakond
  • Estonian: Hiiumaa
  • Faroese: Hiiumaa
  • Finnish: Hiidenmaa
  • French: Comté de Hiiu
  • French: Hiiu
  • Galician: Condado de Hiiu
  • Georgian: ჰიიუმაა
  • German: Kreis Hiiu
  • Greek: Επαρχία Χιίου
  • Greek: Επαρχία Χιίουμαα
  • Gujarati: હીઉ કાઉન્ટી
  • Hebrew: היו
  • Hindi: हायुउ काउंटी
  • Hungarian: Hiiumaa
  • Indonesian: County Hiiu
  • Irish: Hiiumaa
  • Italian: Hiiumaa
  • Japanese: ヒーウ県
  • Kannada: ಹೈಯು ಕೌಂಟಿ
  • Korean: 히우주
  • Latvian: Hījumā apriņķis
  • Lithuanian: Hyju apskritis
  • Macedonian: Хују
  • Malay: County Hiiu
  • Malay: Daerah Hiiu
  • Marathi: हायियू काउंटी
  • Moksha: Гийу мааконд
  • Moksha: Гийумаа
  • Northern Frisian: Hiiu (Lunkreis)
  • Northern Frisian: Hiiu
  • Northern Sami: Hiiumaa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hiiu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hiiumaa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Hiiu maakond
  • Norwegian: Hiiu fylke
  • Ossetian: Хийумаа (зылд)
  • Ossetian: Хийумаа
  • Persian: شهرستان هیو
  • Polish: Hiiumaa
  • Polish: Hiuma
  • Portuguese: Hiiumaa
  • Romanian: Comitatul Hiiu
  • Romanian: Regiunea Hiiu
  • Russian: Хийумаа
  • Scots: Hiiu Coonty
  • Serbian: Хију
  • Serbian: Хијума
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hiiu
  • Sinhala: හියු ප්‍රාන්තය
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Hiiu
  • Spanish: Condado de Hiiu
  • Swedish: Dagö län
  • Swedish: Hiiu län
  • Swedish: Hiiumaa
  • Tamil: ஹியு கவுண்டி
  • Telugu: హయూ కౌంటీ
  • Thai: ฮียู คันทรี่
  • Turkish: Hiiu ili
  • Turkish: Hiiu
  • Udmurt: Хийумаа утем
  • Ukrainian: Гіюмаа
  • Ukrainian: Хіюмаа
  • Urdu: ہییو کاؤنٹی
  • Vietnamese: Hiiu
  • Võro: Hiio maakund
  • Welsh: Sir Hiiu
  • Wu Chinese: 希乌县
  • Hiio maakund

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