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The following is a list of the 47 cities and towns in Estonia. Before the Republic of Estonia became an independent nation in 1918, many of these locations were known in the rest of the world by their German language names which were occasionally quite different from the ones used in the Estonian language. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation of Estonia, placenames were transliterated into Russian (Cyrillic alphabet) in the Soviet central government's documents, which in turn lead to the use of several incorrect back-transliterations from Russian (Cyrillic) alphabet into English (and other Latin alphabets) in some English-language maps and texts during the second half of the 20th century (for example, incorrect Pyarnu, Vilyandi, Pylva, instead of the correct Pärnu, Viljandi, Põlva).

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Tallinn is the capital and the most populous city of Estonia. There are 46 other linn, i.e. cities and towns in Estonia (as of 2022). The Estonian word linn means both "a city" or "a town". More than 70% of the country's population lives in the cities and towns.

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List of cities and towns [1]
RankTownTown rightsPopulation 2014 [2] Population 2018 [3] County (maakond)
1 Tallinn 1248411,063430,805 Harju
2 Tartu 13th c.98,44993,715 Tartu
3 Narva 134559,04956,103 Ida-Viru
4 Pärnu [lower-alpha 1] 125140,00539,375 Pärnu
5 Kohtla-Järve 194637,19834,394 Ida-Viru
6 Viljandi 128317,60217,525 Viljandi
7 Rakvere 130215,40015,413 Lääne-Viru
8 Maardu 198017,31515,189 Harju
9 Kuressaare [lower-alpha 1] 156313,15213,276 Saare
10 Sillamäe 195714,12212,989 Ida-Viru
11 Valga [lower-alpha 1] 158412,43712,334 Valga
12 Võru 178412,57112,022 Võru
13 Jõhvi [lower-alpha 1] 193810,52510,398 Ida-Viru
14 Haapsalu [lower-alpha 1] 127910,3169,838 Lääne
15 Keila 19389,7519,775 Harju
16 Paide [lower-alpha 1] 12918,1628,078 Järva
17 Elva [lower-alpha 1] 19385,6575,648 Tartu
18 Saue [lower-alpha 1] 19935,6565,640 Harju
19 Põlva [lower-alpha 1] 19935,6615,458 Põlva
20 Tapa [lower-alpha 1] 19265,6935,428 Lääne-Viru
21 Jõgeva [lower-alpha 1] 19385,4575,143 Jõgeva
22 Rapla [lower-alpha 1] 19935,0545,132 Rapla
23 Kiviõli [lower-alpha 1] 19465,6355,088 Ida-Viru
24 Türi [lower-alpha 1] 19265,2155,064 Järva
25 Põltsamaa [lower-alpha 1] 19264,1484,050 Jõgeva
26 Sindi [lower-alpha 1] 19384,0893,838 Pärnu
27 Paldiski [lower-alpha 1] 17834,1633,626 Harju
28 Kärdla [lower-alpha 1] 19383,0173,287 Hiiu
29 Kunda [lower-alpha 1] 19383,2673,034 Lääne-Viru
30 Tõrva [lower-alpha 1] 19262,7162,740 Valga
31 Narva-Jõesuu [lower-alpha 1] 19932,6552,644 Ida-Viru
32 Kehra [lower-alpha 1] 19932,7922,641 Harju
33 Loksa 19932,7032,568 Harju
34 Räpina [lower-alpha 1] 19932,3632,173 Põlva
35 Otepää [lower-alpha 1] 19361,8752,167 Valga
36 Tamsalu [lower-alpha 1] 19962,1742,119 Lääne-Viru
37 Kilingi-Nõmme [lower-alpha 1] 19381,7071,671 Pärnu
38 Karksi-Nuia [lower-alpha 1] 19931,5151,554 Viljandi
39 Antsla [lower-alpha 1] 19381,3621,311 Võru
40 Võhma [lower-alpha 1] 19931,2821,282 Viljandi
41 Mustvee [lower-alpha 1] 19381,3481,269 Jõgeva
42 Lihula [lower-alpha 1] 19931,2521,214 Lääne
43 Suure-Jaani [lower-alpha 1] 19381,0361,064 Viljandi
44 Abja-Paluoja [lower-alpha 1] 19931,0631,057 Viljandi
45 Püssi [lower-alpha 1] 19931,023917 Ida-Viru
46 Mõisaküla [lower-alpha 1] 1938806748 Viljandi
47 Kallaste [lower-alpha 1] 1938846743 Tartu
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 The town does not constitute its own municipality, but has become part of a larger municipality (either parish (vald) or city (linn)).

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