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  Populated places in Estonia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
A group of populated places form a rural municipality with local administration.
Since 1 November 2002, there are 47 towns, 9 boroughs, 173 small boroughs and 4,430 villages in Estonia.
Populated places in Estonia, Notes, See also, External links, Geography of Estonia, Subdivisions of Estonia and Populated places in Estonia.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Populated_places_in_Estonia   (134 words)

  
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Estonia was administratively divided between the provinces of Estonia in the north and Livonia in southern Estonia and northern Latvia, a division which persisted until the early twentieth century.
Estonia was formally annexed by the Soviet Union in August 1940 as the Estonian SSR.
Estonia lies in the northern part of the temperate climate zone and in the transition zone between maritime and continental climate.
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 Estonia
Estonia was Christianised when the German "Livonian Brothers of the Sword" invaded southern Estonia as part of the Northern Crusades in the early 13th century.
Estonia was administratively divided between the provinces of Estonia in the north and Livonia in southern Estonia and northern Latvia, a division which persisted until the early 20th century.
Estonia was occupied by Soviet troops in June 1940, as a consequence of the secret amendment to the August 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
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 A Place in the Sun - 20 best places to make money from Channel4.com/4Homes
Dotted with lakes and forests Sweden is the biggest country in Scandinavia, however it is one of the least populated places in Europe.
The Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are located in northeast Europe on the Baltic Sea, neighbouring Belarus and Russia.
Portugal is one of the cheapest places in the EU to live (a three course meal with wine for two costs around ten pounds!) The country is recovering from a recession but has shown strong property growth for a couple of years now.
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 Labyrinths in Estonia
The fact that Oskar Kaibald had pointed out the place as the location of another labyrinth and the fact that here was a remarkable concentration of stones obviously arranged strongly indicates that this is the location of a destroyed labyrinth.
Both places are situated in an area that was under Swedish influence until 1781, when most of the Swedes on northern Dagö were deported to the southern Ukraine.
Some of the labyrinths in Estonia are connected with local folk traditions explaining their use and how they were built.
www.labyrinthos.net /estonia1.htm   (2336 words)

  
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Estonia was administratively divided between the provinces of Estonia in the north and Livonia in southern Estonia and northern Latvia, a division which persisted until the early 20th century.
Estonia was occupied by Soviet troops in June 1940, as a consequence of the secret amendment to the August 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Estonia lies in the northern part of the temperate climate zone and in the transition zone between maritime and continental climate.
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 Estonia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is separated from Finland in the north by the narrow Gulf of Finland and from Sweden in the west by the Baltic Sea.
Estonia was Christianised when the German "Livonian Brothers of the Sword" invaded southern Estonia as part of the Northern Crusades in the early 13th century.
Estonia is a constitutional democracy, with a president elected by its unicameral parliament (elections are held every four years).
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 Estonia holiday apartments - Holiday rentals in Estonia - Book direct
Bordered by the Baltic Sea, Russia and Latvia, Estonia is scenic and sparsely populated.
A spirit of rebirth is in the air in the capital city of Tallinn, the lively university town of Tartu, the large town of Narva and the holiday resort of Parnu.
If you are fond of seaside places with a tender breeze, coastal meadows, sea birds and the sun that sets behind the cape and you wish to have a rest at such an idyllic place - well, you have opened the right page.
www.holidaylettings.co.uk /estonia   (192 words)

  
 Estonian Institute www.einst.ee
However, the territory of Estonia (and Latvia) was not christianised until the 13th century by German and Danish crusaders.
Currently the influence of the pre-war Russian population of Estonia is small compared to that of the later immigrants.
From 1940 – 1990, the Russian-speaking percentage of the population jumped from eight to forty percent, and one quarter of the ethnic Estonian population fled, or were deported or executed.
www.einst.ee /factsheets/factsheets_uus_kuju/russian_communities_in_estonia.htm   (3149 words)

  
 Category "Populated places in Estonia" - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The main article for this category is Populated places in Estonia.
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Category:Populated places in Estonia contains research on
Category "Populated places in Estonia", Estonia, Geography of Estonia, Towns by country and Settlements by region.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Category/Populated_places_in_Estonia   (104 words)

  
 Changes in the list of populated places
Estonia is divided into counties (Estonian, maakond), counties are subdivided into municipalities which are of two types: urban municipalitites, or towns (linn), and rural municipalities (vald).
The municipalities of Kaarma and Kuressaare were united into one single municipality of Kaarma (Kaarma vald) and, consequently, all populated places of the municipality of Kuressaare became those of the municipality of Kaarma.
Two populated places were added to the list of the municipality of Vihula: Võsu alevik (a small borough) and Käsmu küla (a village).
www.eki.ee /knn/asmuu2.htm   (1546 words)

  
 ASU Libraries: Place Names on the Internet
Colorado Places by County - A list of current and historical places in Colorado with information on their county.
GEOnet World Place Names Server - GEOnet is a database of World place names developed from the country gazetteers that were published by the US Defense Mapping Agency (now the National Imagery and Mapping Agency).
Place Names Database of Estonia - Since it declared its independence in 1991, Estonia has renamed a number of places.
www.asu.edu /lib/hayden/govdocs/maps/geogname.htm   (1326 words)

  
 Yet Another Homepage 2.0 - Otto de Voogd
Photos of special places in Estonia taken between 1997 and 2007.
Including my favorite place, the leaning lighthouse of Harilaid, the Kaali meteorite crater and many photos from Tallinn.
As the country is sparsely populated, there are a lot of beautiful places which are not widely visited.
www.7is7.com /otto   (526 words)

  
 Netherlands Hotels by SmartStays - Lowest room rates and hotel reservations for Netherlands
Netherlands or Holland is the world third most densely populated (after Monaco and Malta), is a BeNeLux country in Western Europe, facing onto the North Sea and the UK and bordered on land by Germany and Belgium.
The consequence of the WW II bombards is a lot of modern architecture in the Rotterdam city centre of multicultural...
Utrecht is a central province of the Netherlands, one of the densely populated areas.
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Estonia's international realignment toward the West has been accompanied by a general deterioration in relations with Russia, most recently demonstrated by the controversy surrounding relocation of the Bronze Soldier WWII memorial in Tallinn.[4] An important element in Estonia's post-independence reorientation has been closer ties with the Nordic countries, especially Finland and Sweden.
Climate Estonia lies in the northern part of the temperate climate zone and in the transition zone between maritime and continental climate.
Estonia is to remove this hindrance by January 2009 when the temporary derogation expires, though Estonia has an option at that point to institute a very low corporate income tax, either 10%, or even 0%.
www.aloarabs.com /Estonia.asp   (3060 words)

  
 Lonely Planet's Guide to Estonia
There are few places in Europe where the aura of the 14th and 15th centuries survives intact the way it does in Tallinn's Old Town, a jumble of medieval walls and turrets, needling spires and winding, cobbled streets.
Estonia's largest national park is an interesting mix of coastal bluffs, dense forest, 18th-century manor houses, and numerous lakes, rivers and waterfalls, located in northern Estonia.
Estonia's biggest island has always had an independent streak and was usually the last part of the country to fall to invaders.
webcenter.travel.aol.com /travel/lonely_planet/europe/estonia/attractions.html   (470 words)

  
 United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Summary Record - Estonia, United Nations ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Estonia had worked closely with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); its liaison officer for the Baltic region had recognized that impressive progress had been made to establish a fair and efficient national asylum system.
Estonia had a monist legal system and the principles and rules of international law could be directly applied.
KALJURAND (Estonia) confirmed that the Estonian Government was studying the matter of article 14, in preparation for the formulation of a draft law to be submitted to Parliament.
www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CERD.C.SR.1543.En?Opendocument   (5585 words)

  
 Central Europe Review - Estonia's Drinking Problem
In contrast to places such as London (where finding a cab after 11pm is impossible) or Washington (where cab companies charge prohibitively high prices, especially to suburbs), in Tallinn it is not a blow to the pocketbook to take a cab home after having too many.
Of course, places such as the Parking Lot Bar, which is located literally on a parking lot near the headquarters of the business newspaper Aripaev and just off a highway off-ramp, don't help the situation much.
Draconian anti-alcohol attitudes and legislation along the lines of those in the United States would be the wrong step to take; rather, Estonia must develop a balanced approach based on moderation, better public transport, a stronger campaign against driving after any amount of drinking and healthier attitudes towards the bottle in general.
www.ce-review.org /99/6/amber6.html   (976 words)

  
 FROM NATIVE AND LANDSCAPE RESEARCH TO URBAN AND REGIONAL STUDIES
The population potential is one of the most preferred integral indexes in order to take into account the distribution of population as a factor for a certain process.
In the proposed presentation, besides the overview of the question, several cases of computer-based population mapping made in Estonia, mainly in large scale, are demonstrated and their limitations discussed.
Estonia is both the object and the outcome of academic studies of Edgar Kant.
www.geo.ut.ee /KANT/absthema1.html   (1133 words)

  
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Estonia is situated in north-eastern Europe, north of Latvia, west of the Russian Federation, and south of Finland.
Estonia, a country which today has approximately 1.3 million residents, was under the control of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) between 1940-41 and 1944-1991.
Estonia provides a similar definition(34) of a national minority in a declaration made at the ratification of the Council of Europe's Framework Convention on National Minorities.(35) This definition excludes from the scope of national minority protection substantial parts of the de facto linguistic minority, particularly the large numbers belonging to the Russian-speaking minority.
www.amnestyusa.org /news/document.do?id=ENGEUR510022006   (12009 words)

  
 SparkNotes: The Interwar Years (1919-1938): Eastern Europe During the Inter-War Years (1919-1938)
The nations of Eastern Europe, which were dominated to a large extent by the major powers before World War I, found themselves in a period of unprecedented self-determination between the wars.
Once freed from this domination, Finland went on to bind its fate with that of the other Scandinavian countries, and was able to maintain economic and political stability to a significant extent.
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania all struggled with democracy, and became ruled by dictatorships.
www.sparknotes.com /history/european/interwaryears/section5.rhtml   (1227 words)

  
 Estonia Map: Harju — Voru | Estonia Google Satellite Maps
Browse the list of administrative regions below and follow the navigation through administrative regions to find populated place you are interested in.
If you would like to recommend this Estonia map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
Expedia is the long-standing web leader in online delivery of everything you need for researching, planning, and purchasing a whole trip in Estonia.
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For names of populated places and features throughout the world, excluding those in the United States or the Antarctic, search the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) Geographic Names Data Base (GNDB).
Place Names Board of Estonia: This site includes information on the Board and lists of geographical names in Estonia.
A searchable database of places in Estonia is available by visiting the Institute of Estonian Language Place Names Database.
www.pcgn.org.uk /Geographical_names_internet.htm   (437 words)

  
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The place names in Vormsi (Swedish: Ormsö), Ruhnu (Runö), Osmussaar (Odensholm), Pakri (Rågö) and Riguldi (Rickul) are mostly Swedish while in Noarootsi (Nuckö), Risti (Kors) and Naissaar (Nargö) the toponymy is mixed.
After the signing of the 1920 Tartu peace treaty between Estonia and Soviet Russia, the Baltic Germans had to adapt to the role of a national minority in a democratic state.
Due to emigration to Germany and war losses, the number of Baltic Germans and their proportion of the total population had considerably decreased.
www.lycos.com /info/estonia--baltic-germans.html?page=2   (697 words)

  
 Statement by Molotov on German Attrocities in Occupied USSR, 1941
Often the rural population, including old folk, women and children, is evicted from its houses immediately after the German occupation and compelled to seek shelter in dugouts and trenches in the forest, or simply in the open.
In the village of Golubovka, of the Voroshilovgrad Region, the population, already robbed of all its food stocks, was again plundered by the Germans, who took away from the women and children their last remnants of food and all domestic utensils clothing, pillows, blankets and kitchen utensils which they could carry.
The first place at this horrifying "exhibition" was occupied by the body of a woman whose baby was nailed to her with a bayonet.
www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /documents/german_attrocities_ussr.htm   (6113 words)

  
 Insight Travel On-line > Places > Estonia > The Place   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Estonia is the least densely populated and most Westernised of the Baltic states.
Finns, for their part, have long taken advantage of Estonia's relative cheapness, and have taken the ferry over from Helsinki to Tallinn, where a lot of their money is spent on alcohol.
On the Russian borders around Narva there is a high population of Russians working in the shale oil industry, the basis of the country's wealth and the cause of many environmental concerns.
www.insightguides.com /ig2/places/estonia/the_place.asp   (360 words)

  
 Top20Estonia.com - Your Top20 Guide to Estonia!
The Estonian language, along with its close relative Finnish as well as Hungarian, is one of the few official languages of the European Union that is not of Indo-European origin.
Estonia was occupied by Soviet troops in June 1940, as a consequence of the secret amendment to the August 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between the Soviet Union and National Socialist Germany.
Soviet forces reconquered Estonia after fierce battles in the northeast of the country on the Narva river and on the Tannenberg Line (Sinimäed).
www.top20estonia.com   (3222 words)

  
 Estonia Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
Estonia is the smallest of the three Baltic republics, about the same size as Holland, Switzerland or Denmark, but with a population of only 1.5 million.
A few peculiar facts about Estonia, as compared with the other two republics, are that it hosts the highest point in the Baltics (the hill Suur Munamägi), the only significant islands (Hiiumaa, Muhu and Saaremaa) and the largest like: the Lake Peipsi, shared with Russia, and fifth in Europe in terms of area.
We entered Estonia through the border town of Valga, drove up to the coast of the Gulf of Finland and continued down to the Latvian border at Ainazi.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Estonia/Things_To_Do-Estonia-BR-12.html   (777 words)

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