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Office in Latvia
Kr.Valdemara 33-8b, LV-1010, Riga
Tel. + 371 67217421
E-mail: latvia@baltcham.ch
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Estonia
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Geography Area | 45.227 km2 | Population | About 1,355 million, Estonian 65.3%, Russian 28.1%, Ukrainian 2.5%, Belarusian 1.5%, Finn 1%, other 1.6% | Borders | With Russia and Latvia | Capital | Tallinn, 404.000 habitants | Degree of Urbanisation | 69% | Language | Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, other | Time zone | Central European Time + 1 hour | Structure | 15 districts | Religion | Evangelical Lutheran, Orthodox, minorities of Catholics, Muslims and Jewish | Nature | The mainland terrain is flat, boggy, and partly wooded; offshore lie more than 1,500 islands | Climate | Transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers. |
Politics State | Republic of Estonia (Eesti Vabariik) | Form of government | Parliamentary republic | National day | Independence Day, 24 February | Head of the State | Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves (since October, 2006) | Prime Minister | Mr. Andrus Ansip | Parliament | Unicameral Parliament or Riigikogu (101 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) |
Economy Currency | 1 Estonian kroon (EEK)= 100 Senti | GDP (07) | 10,8 billion EUR | GDP per capita (07) | 11,590 EUR | GDP growth (07) | 7,1% | Inflation (07) | 6,6% | External trade (07) | Exports: 8 billion EUR; machinery and equipment, mineralproducts, metals and metal products, wood and wood products Imports: 11,3 billion EUR; machinery and equipment, wood products textiles, food products, metals, chemical products | Unemployment rate (07) | 4,7% | Major industries | Engineering, electronics, wood and wood products, textile; services; transit, information technology, telecommunications |
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