Kiviõli

Kiviõli
Town and municipality
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Flag of Kiviõli Flag Coat of arms of Kiviõli Coat of arms
Kiviõli Location in Estonia
Coordinates:
Country	Estonia
County	Ida-Viru County
Government
• Mayor	Dmitri Dmitrijev (Centre Party)
Area
• Total	11.75 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population (2,013)
• Total	5,634
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Estonians	38.6%
• Russians	53.6%
• other	7.6%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	www.kivioli.ee

Kiviõli (Russian: Кивиыли) is an industrial town in Ida-Viru County, Estonia. The settlement was founded in 1922 and became a town in 1946. The main industry is oil shale mining, which gives the town its name (literally "stone oil"). Included in the town limits, but somewhat separate from the main part of the town, are the districts of Küttejõu and Varinurme.

In 2000, 51% of inhabitants were ethnic Russians and 39% were Estonians. The population, which was 10,353 in 1989, had declined to 7,269 in 2000 and to 5,634 in 2011.

Sport

Estonian Sidecarcross Grand Prix has taken place in Kiviõli annually since 2008.

Gallery

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  Kiviõli oil factory

• Kivioli chemical plant (2).JPG
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  Ash mountains

See also

• Eesti Kiviõli
• Eesti Küttejõud

References

Notes

External links

• Kiviõli official website (Estonian)