Ida-Viru Coonty

Ida-Viru County
Ida-Viru County
	Coonty o Estonie
	Banner Coat airms
Kintra	Estonie
Caipital	Jõhvi
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Ago Silde
Area
• Total	3364 km2 (1,299 sq mi)
Population (Jan 2010)
• Total	168,656
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-44

Ida-Viru Coonty (Estonie: Ida-Viru maakond), or Ida-Virumaa, is ane o 15 coonties o Estonie. It is the maist north-eastren pairt o the kintra. The coonty contains lairge deposits o ile shale - the main mineral mined in Estonie. As ile shale is uised in thermal pouer plants, the yird in Ida-Viru leeterally haulds the lairgest pouer capacity in Estonie. The caipital o the coonty is the toun o Jõhvi which is admeenistratively unitit wi the Jõhvi Parish. 168,656 fowk live in Ida-Viru Coonty – constitutin 12.6% o the total population in Estonie (as o Januar 2010).^[1]

History

Durin the latter pairt o the period o Soviet rule o Estonie, Ida-Virumaa wis cried Kohtla-Järve destrict, an its admeenistrative caipital wis Kohtla-Järve.

Coonty Govrenment

The County Government (Estonie: Maavalitsus) is led bi a Governor (Estonie: maavanem), who is appointit bi the kintra's govrenment for a term o five years. Synce August 2004 the govrenor's position is held bi Ago Silde.

Population

As o Januar 2010, the population o Ida-Virumaa is 168,656, which makes the seicont lairgest coonty in Estonie (efter Harjumaa, which includes Tallinn). 44.6% o the population are men an 55.4% weemen.^[1]

Bi ethnic oreegin, 71.3% o population are Roushies, 19.7% are Estonies, 2.7% are Ukrainians, 2.7% are Belaroushies an 1.4% are Finns (as o 1 Januar 2009).^[1]

Municipalities

The coonty is subdividit intae municipalities. Thare are 5 urban municipalities (Estonie: linnad - touns) an 15 landwart municipalities (Estonie: vallad - pairishes) in Ida-Viru Coonty. Thare are 217 veelages in Ida-Virumaa.

Urban municipalities:

Landwart municipalities:

Alajõe Pairish
Aseri Pairish
Avinurme Pairish
Iisaku Pairish
Illuka Pairish
Jõhvi Pairish (includin the toun o Jõhvi)
Kohtla Pairish
Kohtla-Nõmme (burgh)
Lohusuu Pairish
Lüganuse Pairish (includin the toun o Püssi)
Mäetaguse Pairish
Sonda Pairish
Toila Pairish
Tudulinna Pairish
Vaivara Pairish

Geografie

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Population by sex, ethnic nationality and County, 1 January". stat.ee. Statistics Estonia. 19 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

Freemit airtins

Ida-Virumaa Online Archived 2006-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
Ida-Viru Coonty Govrenment Archived 2005-05-04 at the Wayback Machine - Offeecial wabsteid (in Estonie an Roushie, wi translation tae several ither leids)

[County_population-1] "Population by sex, ethnic nationality and County, 1 January". stat.ee. Statistics Estonia. 19 Apryle 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.

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