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Kiviõli (/ˌkɪviˈoʊli/ KIV-ee-OHL-ee; Estonian: [ˈkiviɤlʲi]) is an industrial town in Ida-Viru County, Estonia, established in 1922. The main industry in the town is oil shale mining, which gives the town its name.

CountryEstonia
Founded1922
TimezoneUTC+2 (EET)
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Kiviõli
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Kiviõli is located in Estonia
Kiviõli
Kiviõli
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°21′N 26°58′E
CountryEstonia
CountyIda-Viru County
MunicipalityLüganuse Parish
Founded1922
Town rights1946
Area
 • Total
11.75 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2026)[1]
 • Total
4,645
 • Rank24th
 • Density395.3/km2 (1,024/sq mi)
Ethnicity
 • Estonians39.6%
 • Russians51.5%
 • other8.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
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History

In 1922, the joint-stock company Eesti Kiviõli (lit. 'Estonian stone oil') established an oil shale quarry in land belonging to the village of Salaküla, and mining commenced in 1930. A worker's settlement belonging to the village of Varinurme was built in the 1930s and named Kiviõli after the joint-stock company. Kiviõli became a town in 1946.[2]

Demographics

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Ethnic composition 1970–2021
Ethnicity 1959[3] 1970[4] 1979[5] 1989[5] 2000[6] 2011[7] 2021[8]
amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount %
Estonians 6017 57.6 5789 51.9 4914 44.5 3958 38.1 2921 39.5 2179 38.7 1924 39.6
Russians - - 4431 39.7 5184 47.0 5369 51.7 3793 51.2 3020 53.6 2498 51.5
Ukrainians - - 152 1.36 228 2.06 308 2.96 157 2.12 109 1.93 136 2.80
Belarusians - - 93 0.83 139 1.26 184 1.77 119 1.61 79 1.40 69 1.42
Finns - - 368 3.30 348 3.15 308 2.96 193 2.61 100 1.77 68 1.40
Jews - - 13 0.12 11 0.10 10 0.10 3 0.04 2 0.04 0 0.00
Latvians - - 41 0.37 25 0.23 19 0.18 10 0.14 10 0.18 10 0.21
Germans - - - - 74 0.67 83 0.80 46 0.62 49 0.87 31 0.64
Tatars - - - - 13 0.12 26 0.25 14 0.19 7 0.12 6 0.12
Poles - - - - 26 0.24 22 0.21 11 0.15 7 0.12 7 0.14
Lithuanians - - 18 0.16 27 0.24 24 0.25 17 0.23 14 0.25 12 0.25
unknown 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 70 0.94 4 0.07 5 0.10
other 4427 42.4 248 2.22 61 0.55 79 0.76 51 0.69 54 0.96 86 1.77
Total 10444 100 11153 100 11050 100 10390 100 7405 100 5634 100 4854 99.9
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Neighborhoods of Kiviõli

Included in the town limits, but somewhat separate from the main part of the town, are the districts of Küttejõu and Varinurme.

There are five neighborhoods of Kiviõli:

  • Küttejõu
  • Lepatee
  • Sala-Aru
  • Soopealse
  • Varinurme.[9]
  • Kiviõli oil factory
    Kiviõli oil factory
  • Ash mountains
    Ash mountains

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kiviõli include the following:

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