Place:Ida-Viru, Estonia

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NameIda-Viru
Alt namesIda-Virusource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Ida-Viru maakondsource: Wikipedia
Ida-Virumaasource: Wikipedia
TypeCounty
Located inEstonia
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Aseri
Municipality
Jõhvi
Kohtla-Järve ( 1850 - )
Narva ( 1150 - )
Sillamäe
Unknown
Aa
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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

Ida-Viru County ( or Ida-Virumaa; or ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used in the production of shale oil and in thermal power plants. The capital of the county is the town of Jõhvi which is administratively united with the Jõhvi Parish; nevertheless, Narva is the largest town in the county in terms of population and at the same time the third largest city in Estonia after Tallinn and Tartu.

In January 2019 Ida-Viru County had a population of 136,240 – constituting 10.3% of the total population in Estonia.[1] It borders Lääne-Viru County in the west, Jõgeva County in the southwest and Russia (Leningrad Oblast) in the east. It is the only county in Estonia where Russians constitute the majority of population (73.1% in 2010).

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History

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During the latter part of the period of Soviet rule of Estonia, Ida-Virumaa was called Kohtla-Järve district, and its administrative capital was Kohtla-Järve.

County Government, led by a governor, ceased to exist after administrative reform in 2017. The last governor of Ida-Viru county was Andres Noormägi.

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