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A county is an administrative division of Estonia that serves as a regional unit of local government. Counties matter because they organize territory and population for purposes of governance, allowing services and administration to be managed at a regional level below the national government.
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Counties of Estonia (after the 2017 Administrative Reform)
The counties of Estonia (maakond) are the state administrative subdivisions of Estonia. Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties, including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands. County governments (maavalitsus) were abolished at the end of 2017, with their duties split between state authorities and local governments, and nowadays counties have no noteworthy independent competences. Counties are composed of municipalities of two types: urban municipalities or towns (linn), and rural municipalities or parishes (vald), which are by law required to cooperate in development of their county.