Kiviõli Explained

Kiviõli
Settlement Type:	Town
Pushpin Map:	Estonia
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Estonia
Coordinates:	59.35°N 84°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Estonia
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Ida-Viru County
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Lüganuse Parish
Established Title:	Founded
Established Date:	1922
Area Total Km2:	11.75
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	4725
Population As Of:	2021
Population Rank:	23rd
Population Density Km2:	auto
Demographics Type1:	Ethnicity
Demographics1 Title1:	Estonians
Demographics1 Info1:	39.6%
Demographics1 Title2:	Russians
Demographics1 Info2:	51.5%
Demographics1 Title3:	other
Demographics1 Info3:	8.9%
Timezone:	EET
Utc Offset:	+2
Timezone Dst:	EEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+3
Established Title1:	Town rights
Established Date1:	1946

Kiviõli 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 (literally 'stone oil').

History

In 1922, the joint-stock company Eesti Kiviõli (i.e., '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

Ethnicity! colspan="2"

1959^[3]	1970^[4]		1979^[5]		1989		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

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]

See also

• Eesti Kiviõli
• Eesti Küttejõud

External links

59.35°N 84°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population by sex, age group and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January. Statistics Estonia. 2021-12-26.
2. Web site: Kiviõli . Dictionary of Estonian Place Names . Eesti Keele Instituut . February 15, 2024 . Tallinn.
3. Book: Katus, Kalev . Rahvastiku ühtlusarvutatud sündmus- ja loendusstatistika: Ida-Virumaa 1965-1990 . Puur . Allan . Põldma . Asta . Eesti Kõrgkoolidevaheline Demouuringute Keskus . 2002 . 9985-820-66-5 . Sari C . Tallinn . 31-32 . et, en.
4. Население районов, городов и поселков городского типа Эстонской ССР : по данным Всесоюзной переписи населения на 15 января 1970 года. Таллинн, 1972.
5. Book: Eesti Vabariigi maakondade, linnade ja alevite rahvastik: 1989. a. rahvaloenduse andmed: statistikakogumik. 1. osa: Rahvaarv rahvuse, perekonnaseisu, hariduse ja elatusallikate järgi . 1990 . Statistikaamet . 978-9949-71-932-7 . Tallinn . 28, 33.
6. Web site: RL222: RAHVASTIK ELUKOHA JA RAHVUSE JÄRGI . Estonian Statistical Database . et.
7. Web site: RL0429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2011 . Estonian Statistical Database . et.
8. Web site: RL21429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA (HALDUSÜKSUS) JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2021 . Estonian Statistical Database . et.
9. Web site: LINNAOSADE JA -JAGUDE LÜHENDID . eki.ee . 18 March 2020 . et.