Saaremaa

Saaremaa

Kuressaare Castle in Kuressaare
Location of Saaremaa in Estonia
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Geography
Location	Baltic Sea
Coordinates	58°25′N 22°30′E / 58.417°N 22.500°E / 58.417; 22.500
Archipelago	West Estonian archipelago
Area	2,673 km2 (1,032 sq mi)
Administration
Estonia
County	Saare County
Demographics
Population	31,435 (January 2020)
Pop. density	11.7/km2 (30.3/sq mi)

Saaremaa (/ˈsɑːrəmɑː/ SAR-ə-MAH, Estonian: [ˈsɑːremɑː]) (lit. island land) is the largest and most populous island in Estonia. Measuring 2,673 km² (1,032 sq mi),^[1] its population is 31,435 (as of January 2020).^[2] The main island of the West Estonian archipelago (Moonsund archipelago), it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and northwest of the Gulf of Riga. The administrative centre of the island, and of the Saare County, is the town of Kuressaare, which in January 2018 had 13,276 inhabitants.^[3]