2-479: Kiviõli is an industrial town in Ida-Viru County , Estonia, established in 1922. The main industry in the town is oil shale mining, which gives the town its name (literally 'stone oil'). In 1922, the joint-stock company Eesti Kiviõli (i.e., 'Estonian stone oil') established an oil shale quarry in land belonging to the village of Salaküla , and mining commenced in 1930. A worker's settlement belonging to
4-578: The village of Varinurme was built in the 1930s and named Kiviõli after the joint-stock company. Kiviõli became a town in 1946. Included in the town limits, but somewhat separate from the main part of the town, are the districts of Küttejõu and Varinurme . There are five neighborhoods of Kiviõli: Notable people that were born or lived in Kiviõli include the following: 59°21′N 26°58′E / 59.350°N 26.967°E / 59.350; 26.967 This Estonia location article
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