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About Estonia
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Main Statistics
LOCATION: Northern Europe, beside of Baltic See
CAPITAL: Tallinn (Latitude: 59° 22'North, Longitude: 24° 48'East)
AREA: 45 227 km²
POPULATION: 1 356 000 (01.01.2003)
National Holiday: February, 24 (Independence Day)
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Estonian
Polity: Parliamentary democracy
Administrative regions: 15 counties
Suffrage: Universal for citizens who have attained 18 years of age for national elections. All legal residents, regardless of citizenship, who have attained 18 years of age can vote in local elections
MAIN RELIGIONS: predominantly Protestant (Lutheran),
also Eastern Orthodox and Baptist
Coastline: 3794 km
Time Zone: GMT +02:00 (Same with Helsinki, Kijev, Riga, Sofia & Vilnius)
Currency: Eestian kroon (1 Estonian Crone [EEK] = 100 cents)
1EUR=15,6466EEK & 1USD=12.9498EEK (August 28,2004)
Neighbours: Finland, Sweden, Russia and Latvia.
Distance from Tallinn to:
Helsinki: 85km; Riga: 307km;
St.Petersburg: 395km; Stockholm: 405km
(1km = 0.6213882mile)
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