ABOUT ESTONIA

Official name:

Republic of Estonia

Head of State:

President

Constitution:

passed on 28th of June 1992 (4.)

Government:

Parliamentary Republic, single
chamber Parliament (Riigikogu)
of 101 members

Currency:

Eesti Kroon (EEK);
1 kroon = 100 cents.
Pegged to Euro under currency
board arrangement at rate
1 EUR = 15.6466 EEK

National Day:

Independence Day, February 24th

Population:

1.340 million; in towns 65%,

in rural municipalities 35%

Language:

Estonian. Other languages such as
English, Russian and Finnish are
also widely spoken.

Ethnic groups:

Estonians 68.6%, Russians 25.6%,
Ukrainians 2.1%

Main Religion:

Lutheran

Major Natural

Resources:

Timber, oil shale, phosphorite, peat, limestone, dolomite

Distance from

Tallinn:

Helsinki 85 km, Riga 307 km,
St Petersburg 395 km,
Stockholm 405 km, Vilnius 605 km

Flight times:

Helsinki 35 min, Stockholm 1 h,
Copenhagen 1 h 30 min,
Moscow 1 h 40 min, Amsterdam
2 h 20 min, London 2 h 45 min

Climate:

The climate in Estonia is temperate,characterised by warm summers and fairly severe winters. The weather is often breezy and humid due to the proximity of the Baltic Sea. Average tempera­tures range from 20.9° C in summer (usually July is the hottest month) to – 8°C in winter. Although occasionally the temperature may rise to 30°C and above in summer or sink below – 23°C in winter, it is very usual at our latitude.