Place:Lääne-Viru, Estonia

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NameLääne-Viru
Alt namesLääne-Virusource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Lääne-Viru maakondsource: Wikipedia
Lääne-Virumaasource: Wikipedia
Rakveresource: Britannica Book of the Year (1992) p 592
Laane-Viru
TypeCounty
Coordinates59.367°N 26.333°E
Located inEstonia
Contained Places
Municipality
Kadrina
Rakvere
Tapa
Unknown
Rutja
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Lääne-Viru County ( or Lääne-Virumaa) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, lääne means western and ida means east or eastern. Lääne-Viru borders Ida-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south, and Järva and Harju counties to the west. In January 2013, Lääne-Viru County had a population of 58,806: 4.5% of the population in Estonia.

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History

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In prehistoric times, Lääne-Virumaa was settled by Estonians of the Vironian tribe.

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