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| Sääse | |
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| Subdistrict of Tallinn | |
 Sääse within Mustamäe District. | |
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| • Total | 8,881 |
Sääse (Estonian for "Gnat") is a subdistrict (Estonian : asum) in the district of Mustamäe, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 8,881 (As of 1 January 2014 [update] ). [1]
The Estonian language is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people: 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. It is a Southern Finnic language and is the second most spoken language among all the Finnic languages.
Mustamäe is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The smallest by area, it is at the same time the second largest district by population with 66,305 inhabitants . It is located 5 km from the centre of Tallinn and is bordered by districts Haabersti, Nõmme, and Kristiine. Local housing is mostly represented by 5–9 storeys high panel blocks of flats, built in the 1960–1970s.
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It is on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland in Harju County. From the 13th century until 1918, the city was known as Reval. Tallinn occupies an area of 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) and has a population of 453,033.
