Mustamäe
Sign in to saveMustamäe (Estonian for 'black hill') is one of the 8 administrative districts () of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The smallest by area (it covers only 8.1 km2), 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 the districts of Haabersti, Nõmme, and Kristiine. Local housing is mostly represented by panel blocks of flats five to nine storeys high, built in the 1960 to 1970s.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mustamäe
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District of Tallinn
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mustamäe_Linnaosa_Valitsus.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Mustamäe District Administration
- Settlement.image_flag
- Mustamäe linnaosa lipp.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Mustamäe linnaosa vapp.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 90px
- Settlement.image_map
- Mustamäe location Tallinn.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Mustamäe in Tallinn.
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Estonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Harju County
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tallinn
- Settlement.leader_party
- Isamaa
- Settlement.leader_title
- District Elder
- Settlement.leader_name
- Marja-Liisa Veiser
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Mustamäe (Estonian for 'black hill') is one of the 8 administrative districts () of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The smallest by area (it covers only 8.1 km2), 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 the districts of Haabersti, Nõmme, and Kristiine. Local housing is mostly represented by panel blocks of flats five to nine storeys high, built in the 1960 to 1970s.
==Geography== Mustamäe covers 8.1 km2 and is located 5 km from the centre of Tallinn. Mustamäe is bordered by the streets Tuuliku, Kadaka tee, Tildri, Siili, Nõmme tee, Retke tee, Ehitajate tee, Üliõpilaste tee, Raja, Soone, Lossi, Mäepealse, Kadaka puiestee, Järveotsa tee. Mustamäe is bordered by Nõmme hill (part of the Baltic Klint) in the south and Tallinn Zoo in the northwest.