Harjumaa (ancient county)

{{Short description|Ancient county of Estonia}}

{{Infobox Former Subdivision

|native_name = Harjumaa

|conventional_long_name = Harria

|common_name = Harjumaa

|subdivision = County

|nation = Estonia

|event_start =

|year_start = 1st century AD

|event_end =

|year_end = 1224

|p1 =

|s1 = Danish Estonia

|flag_s1 = Flag of Denmark.svg

|image_flag =

|image_coat =

|government_type = Council of Elders

|title_leader= Elder

|image_map = Ancient_Estonian_counties.png

|image_map_caption = Ancient Estonia until 1214

|capital = Varbola

| coordinates =

}}

Harjumaa ({{langx|la|Harria}}; {{langx|de|Harrien}}){{cite book |title=Estonia and the Estonians |last=Raun |first=Toivo |year=2001 |publisher=Hoover Press |isbn=0-8179-2852-9 |pages=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ1NRJlUrwkC&pg=PA11 }} (1200 hides), was a historical county in Ancient Estonia until the early 13th century. Its territory roughly corresponds to modern-day Rapla County with the town of Rapla as the capital. According to the Livonian Chronicle of Henry, Raikila was the main village of Harjumaa, where annual gatherings of the surrounding tribes took place.

Despite the name, the present-day Harju County covers only a small portion of the historical Harjumaa land, with most of its current territory corresponding to the ancient county of Revala.