Ida-Viru County ("East 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. 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 .
5-671: The Tõrvajõgi is a river in Ida-Viru County , Estonia . The river is 16.1 km long, and its basin size is 43.7 km. It discharges into the Narva River . Tõrvajõgi Falls is located on the river. The name Tõrvajõgi means 'tar river' (from Estonian tõrv 'tar'), referring to the dark color of the water. This article related to a river in Estonia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ida-Viru County In January 2019 Ida-Viru County had
10-484: A population of 136,240 – constituting 10.3% of the total population in Estonia. 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), the second highest being Harju (28%). During the latter part of the period of Soviet rule of Estonia , Ida-Virumaa
15-465: The capital Tallinn and country's second-largest city Tartu ). 44.6% of the population are men and 55.4% women. By January 2020, the population of Ida-Virumaa had decreased to 134,259, of which 33% were of native origin and 67% of foreign origin. As a result of mass migration from the Soviet Union, Ida-Viru County is now the only county in Estonia where ethnic Russians have largely replaced
20-495: The indigenous Estonian population. By ethnic origin, on 1 January 2017, 73.1% of the population were Russians , 18.9% were Estonians , 2.3% were Ukrainians , 2.1% were Belarusians and 0.9% were Finns . According to Estonian 2021 census population of Ida-Virumaa was 132,741. By ethnic origin 97,231 (73.25%) were Russians , 24,490 (18.45%) were Estonians , 3,265 (2.46%) Ukrainians , 2,720 (2.05%) were Belarusians , and 1,065 (0.80%) were Finns . Estonians are predominant in
25-461: Was called Kohtla-Järve district, and its administrative capital was Kohtla-Järve . County Government ( Estonian : maavalitsus ), led by a governor ( Estonian : maavanem ), ceased to exist after administrative reform in 2017. The last governor of Ida-Viru county was Andres Noormägi. In January 2017, the population of Ida-Virumaa was 143,880, which makes it the third largest county in Estonia (after Harju and Tartu counties, which include
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