Kiviõli

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Kiviõli
Town
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Kiviõli Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°21′N 26°58′E / 59.350°N 26.967°E / 59.350; 26.967
Country	Estonia
County	Ida-Viru County
Government
• Mayor	Saveli Matjuhhin (Reform Party)
Area
• Total	11.75 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	5,347
• Rank	24th
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Estonians	38.6%
• Russians	53.6%
• other	7.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
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").

In 2000, 51% of inhabitants were ethnic Russians and 39% were Estonians.

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.^[1]

Sport[]

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

Gallery[]

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  Kiviõli oil factory

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  Ash mountains

See also[]

• Eesti Kiviõli
• Eesti Küttejõud

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kiviõli.

• Kiviõli official website (in Estonian)

Coordinates: 59°21′N 26°58′E / 59.350°N 26.967°E / 59.350; 26.967

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