<p> Sites and resources related to Viljandimaa, a county in the republic of Estonia. The county has nearly 57,000 inhabitants and the capital is <a href="/Regional/Europe/Estonia/Viljandimaa/Viljandi/">Viljandi</a>. To the south the county borders with Latvia. </p> <p> Viljandimaa is divided into 15 municipalities: <ul> <li> 3 urban municipalities (Estonian: <em>linnad</em>): Mõisaküla, <a href="/Regional/Europe/Estonia/Viljandimaa/Viljandi/">Viljandi</a>, Võhma. <li> 9 rural municipalities (Estonian: <em>vallad</em>): Abja, Halliste, Karksi, Kolga-Jaani, Kõo, Kõpu, <a href="/Regional/Europe/Estonia/Viljandimaa/Suure-Jaani/">Suure-Jaani</a>, Tarvastu, Viljandi vald.</ul> </p> <p> The former rural municipalities of Viiratsi, Pärsti, Paistu and Saarepeedi merged in 2013. The new municipality name is Viljandi vald. <a href="http://news.err.ee/politics/31baf39d-28a9-4551-9172-ea0ffdc1e559">ref.</a> and <a href="http://news.err.ee/politics/23493a66-05c3-4c05-b7ec-490b84e235ef">ref.</a> </p>