Ida-Viru County

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Ida-Viru maakond


Flag	Coat of arms

Capital

Jõhvi

Governor

Ago Silde

Area

3,364 km² (5th)

Population (as of 2004)
- Density

174,809 (2nd)
52/km² (2nd)

ISO 3166-2

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 parish of Jõhvi.

1 History
2 County Government
3 Municipalities
4 Geography
5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] County Government

The County Government (Estonian: Maavalitsus) is led by 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.

[edit] Municipalities

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 6 urban municipalities (est: linnad - towns) and 16 rural municipalities (est: vallad - communes) in Ida-Viru County.

Urban municipalities: