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Business in Estonia: Country and People
Here you will get to know more about the administrative structure, the population as well as geographic data of Estonia...
General administrative structure
     

Flagge Estland 

Official flag of the republic Estonia


   

Conventional short form:   

Estonia (Eesti)

Conventional long form:

Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariik)

Total area (km²): 1)

45.226 km²

Population: 1)

1.299.371 (July 2009 est.)

Capital:

Tallinn

Government type: 1)

parliamentary republic

Chief of state: 1)

President Toomas Hendrik Ilves (since 9 October 2006)

Head of government: 1)

Prime Minister Andrus Ansip (since 12 April 2005)

   

Administrative districts:

15 counties (maakonnad, singular: maakond)
 
  • Harjumaa (Tallinn)
  • Hiiumaa (Kardla)
  • Ida-Virumaa (Johvi)
  • Jarvamaa (Paide)
  • Jogevamaa (Jogeva)
  • Laanemaa (Haapsalu)
  • Laane-Virumaa (Rakvere)
  • Parnumaa (Parnu)
  • Polvamaa (Polva)
  • Raplamaa (Rapla)
  • Saaremaa (Kuressaare)
  • Tartumaa (Tartu)
  • Valgamaa (Valga)
  • Viljandimaa (Viljandi)
  • Vorumaa (Voru)

Official language:

Estonian

Currency (code):

Estonian kroon (EEK)

Country code:

00372

Country symbol:

EE

Internet country code:

.ee

National holiday:

24 February (1918)

Population
     

Age structure (2009 est.):1)

0-14 years:

14.9% (m: 99.748; f: 94.051)
 

15-64 years:

67.5% (m: 417.816; f: 459.246)
 

65 years and over:

17.6% (m: 75.486; f: 153.024)
     

Median age (2009 est.): 1)

total:

39.9 years
 

male:

36.5 years
 

female:

43.5 years
     
Languages: 1)
  • Estonian (official),
  • Russian
   
Mobil phones: 1) 1.982.000 (2007)
Internet hosts: 1)    645.495 (2008)
Internet users: 1)    780.000 (2007)
Geographic data
   

Geographic location:

North-eastern Europe; it borders on the Baltic Sea and the gulf of Finland, between Russia and Finland

Land boundaries: 1)

633 km

Border countries:

  • Latvia: 339 km
  • Russia: 294 km

Coastline: 1)

3.794 km

Natural resources: 1)

oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, sea mud

Climate: 1)

maritime, wet climate; moderate winters, cool summers

Sources of information:
1) CIA World Factbook, updated on 14 May, 2009


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