About Estonia

Location

Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia

Area

total: 45,226 sq km
land: 43,211 sq km
water: 2,015 sq km
note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea

Population

1,341,664 (July 2004 est.)

Languages

Estonian (official), Russian, Ukrainian, Finnish, other

National holidays

Independence Day, 24 February (1918); note - 24 February 1918 is the date Estonia declared its independence from Soviet Russia; 20 August 1991 is the date it declared its independence from the Soviet Union

More information

http://www.riik.ee/en/

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