Ida-Viru County

Ida-Viru County is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most northeastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale – the main mineral mined in Estonia.
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  • Type: county with 133,000 residents
  • Description: county of Estonia
  • Also known as: “Alentagh”, “comté de Viru oriental”, “Condado de Ida Viru”, “Condado de ida-viru”, “East Viru”, “EE-44”, “Ida Viru”, “Ida Viru maakond”, “Ida Viruma”, “Ida Virumaa”, “Ida-viru”, “Ida-Viru apriņķis”, “Ida-Viru Bölgesi”, “Ida-Viru Maakond”, “Ida-Viru makond”, “Ida-Virumaa”, “Ida-Viruskiy Rayon”, “Judeţul Ida-Viru”, “Județul Ida-Viru”, “Kohtla-Järve maakond”, “Kohtla-Järve Rajoon”, “Kokhtla-Yarveskiy Rayon”, “Okrug Virumaa”, “Ost-Wierland”, “Östra Wierland”, “Prowincja Ida Viru”, “Região de Ida-Viru”, “Région du Viru Oriental”, “Rytų Viru”, “Rytų Viruma”, “Terre du Viru Oriental”, “Virumaa oriental”, “Virumaa Oriental”, “Επαρχία Ίντα-Βίρουμαα”, “Ида Виру”, “Иду-Вирумаа”, “Іда-Віру”, “Округ Ида-Виру”, “Східне Вірумаа”, “イダ-ヴィル県”, and “イダヴィル郡”
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Ida-Viru County

Latitude
59.25° or 59° 15′ north
Longitude
27.4167° or 27° 25′ east
Population
133,000
Elevation
70 metres (230 feet)
Open location code
9GF97C28+2M
Geo­Names ID
592075
Wiki­data ID
Q189963
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Ida-Viru County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Qarku Ida-Viru”
  • Amharic: “ኢዳ-ቪሩማ”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة إيدا فيرو”
  • Armenian: “Իդա-Վիրումաա”
  • Azerbaijani: “İda-Virumaa”
  • Azerbaijani: “İdа-Virumаа”
  • Basque: “Ida-Viru konderria”
  • Basque: “Ida-Viruko konderria”
  • Belarusian: “Іда-Вірумаа”
  • Belarusian: “Іда-Вірускі павет”
  • Belarusian: “павет Іда-Віру”
  • Belarusian: “Павет Іда-Віру”
  • Bengali: “ইদা-ভিরু কাউন্টি”
  • Bengali: “ইদা-ভিরুমা”
  • Bosnian: “Okrug Ida-Virumaa”
  • Bulgarian: “Ида-Виру”
  • Catalan: “comtat d’Ida-Viru”
  • Catalan: “Comtat d’Ida-Viru”
  • Catalan: “Comtat dIda-Viru”
  • Cebuano: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Chechen: “Ида-Вирумаа”
  • Chinese: “东维鲁县”
  • Chinese: “東維魯縣”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Ida-Viru”
  • Croatian: “Okrug Ida-Viru”
  • Croatian: “Okrug Ida-Virumaa”
  • Czech: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Danish: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Dutch: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Eastern Mari: “Ида-Вирумаа”
  • Erzya: “Ида-Вирумаа ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Ida-Viru”
  • Estonian: “Ida-Viru maakond”
  • Faroese: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Virumaa”
  • French: “Comté de Viru oriental”
  • French: “Comté de Viru-Est”
  • French: “Viru oriental”
  • Galician: “Condado de Ida-Viru”
  • Georgian: “იდა-ვირუმაა”
  • German: “Kreis Ida-Viru”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Ίντα-Βίρου”
  • Gujarati: “ઇદા-વીરુ કાઉન્ટી”
  • Hausa: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Hebrew: “אידה-וירו”
  • Hindi: “इदा-विरु प्रांत”
  • Hungarian: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Iban: “Kaunti Ida-Viru”
  • Indonesian: “County Ida-Viru”
  • Irish: “Virumaa Thoir”
  • Italian: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Japanese: “イダ＝ヴィル県”
  • Javanese: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Kannada: “ಇಡಾ-ವೀರು ಕೌಂಟಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Ида-Вирумаа”
  • Kirghiz: “Ида-Вирумаа”
  • Korean: “이다비루 주”
  • Korean: “이다비루주”
  • Latin: “Vironia orientalis”
  • Latvian: “Austrumviru apriņķis”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Viru apskritis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Arrondissement Ida-Viru”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ida-Viru”
  • Macedonian: “Ида-Виру”
  • Malay: “County Ida-Viru”
  • Malay: “Daerah Ida-Viru”
  • Marathi: “आयडा-वीरू काउंटी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ida-Viru Koān”
  • Moksha: “Ида-Виру мааконд”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ida-Viru”
  • Northern Sami: “Nuorta-Virumaa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ida-Viru”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ida-Viru maakond”
  • Norwegian: “Ida-Viru fylke”
  • Oromo: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Ossetian: “Идæ-Вирумаа”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਦਾ-ਵਿਰੂਮਾ”
  • Persian: “شهرستان ایدا-ویرو”
  • Polish: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Polish: “Virumaa Wschodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Pushto: “ایدا-ویرومaa”
  • Pushto: “ایدا”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Ida-Viru”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Ida-Viru”
  • Russian: “Ида-Вирумаа”
  • Scots: “Ida-Viru Coonty”
  • Serbian: “Ida-Viru”
  • Serbian: “Ида-Виру”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ida-Viru”
  • Sinhala: “ඉඩා-විරු ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Somali: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Ida-Viru”
  • Swahili: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Swedish: “Ida-Viru län”
  • Swedish: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Tajik: “Ида-Вирумаа”
  • Tamil: “ஐடா -விறு கவுண்டி”
  • Tatar: “Ида-Вирумаа”
  • Telugu: “ఇడా-వీరు కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลอิตา-วิรู”
  • Thai: “ไอดา วิรู”
  • Turkish: “Ida-Viru ili”
  • Turkish: “Ida-Viru”
  • Udmurt: “Ида-Вирумаа”
  • Ukrainian: “Іда-Вірумаа”
  • Urdu: “ایدا-ویرو کاؤنٹی”
  • Uzbek: “Ida-Virumaa”
  • Vietnamese: “Ida-Viru”
  • Võro: “Hummogu-Viro maakund”
  • Welsh: “Sir Ida-Viru”
  • Wu Chinese: “东维鲁县”

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