Ida-Viru County

Ida-Viru County
—  County of Estonia  —

Flag
Coat of arms
Country Estonia
Capital Jõhvi
Government
 • Governor Ago Silde
Area
 • Total 3,364 km2 (1,298.8 sq mi)
Population (Jan 2010[1])
 • Total 168,656
 • Density 50.1/km2 (129.9/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code EE-44

Ida-Viru County (Estonian: Ida-Viru maakond), or Ida-Virumaa, 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. As oil shale is used in thermal power plants, the earth in Ida-Viru literally holds the largest power capacity in Estonia. The capital of the county is the town of Jõhvi which is administratively united with the Jõhvi Parish. 168,656 people live in Ida-Viru County – constituting 12.6% of the total population in Estonia (as of January 2010).[1]

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History

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

The County Government (Estonian: Maavalitsus) is led by a Governor (Estonian: maavanem), who is appointed by the country's government for a term of five years. Since August 2004 the governor's position is held by Ago Silde. The current governor of Ida-Viru county is Riho Breivel.

Population

As of January 2010, the population of Ida-Virumaa is 168,656, which makes the second largest county in Estonia (after Harjumaa, which includes Tallinn). 44.6% of the population are men and 55.4% women.[1]

By ethnic origin, 71.3% of population are Russians, 19.7% are Estonians, 2.7% are Ukrainians, 2.7% are Belarusians and 1.4% are Finns (as of January 1, 2009).[1]

Municipalities

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 6 urban municipalities (Estonian: linnad - towns) and 16 rural municipalities (Estonian: vallad - parishes) in Ida-Viru County. There are 217 villages in Ida-Virumaa.

Urban municipalities:

Rural municipalities:

Geography

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Population by sex, ethnic nationality and County, 1 January". stat.ee. Statistics Estonia. 2010-04-19. http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=PO0222&path=../I_Databas/Population/01Population_indicators_and_composition/04Population_figure_and_composition/&lang=1. Retrieved 2010-08-19. 

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