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Ida-Viru County

county of Estonia
AdministrativeArea county Q189963
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Summary

Ida-Viru County is a county[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of county entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,031 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Estonia[3]
  • Country: Estonia[4]
  • Capital: Jõhvi[5]
  • Shares border with: Leningrad Oblast[6], Lääne-Viru County[7], Jõgeva County[8]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Lüganuse Rural Municipality[9], Alutaguse Rural Municipality[10], Jõhvi Rural Municipality[11], Kohtla-Järve City[12], Sillamäe City[13], Narva-Jõesuu City[14], Narva City[15]
  • Flag: flag of Ida-Viru County[16]
  • Commons category: Ida-Viru County[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ida-Viru County[18]
  • Population: 149,483[19], 147,597[20], 146,506[21], 143,880[22], 138,266[23], 136,240[24], 134,259[25], 131,913[26], 133,358[27]
  • Official name: Ida-Viru maakond[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Ida-Viru County[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Ida-Viru County[30]
  • Category for people buried here: Q140193233[31]
  • Different from: Ayda[32]
  • Area: 3336.60 km²[33], 2971.55 km²[34]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Eesti 1000[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Ida-Viru County[36]

Why It Matters

Ida-Viru County has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Estonia Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Land and Spatial Development Board. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Sitelink count → 74
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||gl, fr, es, lv, et, id, sv, eo, sr, tr, nn, cs, nb, en, lb, mul */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; normalize text; add mul alias ([[User:Difool"
  2. 23d ago · Daniel Vincenc · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Lüganuse Rural Municipality, Alutaguse Rural Municipality, Jõhvi Rural Municipality +4
    Official name → {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Ida-Viru maakond'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official name: Ida-Viru maakond"
  3. 18w ago · Miikul · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → —
    Capital → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 59.216666666667, 'lon': 27.3}
    Category for people buried here → Q140193233
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for people buried here: Q140193233"
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