Agusalu | |
|---|---|
Village | |
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| Country |  Estonia |
| County | Ida-Viru County |
| Parish | Alutaguse Parish |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Agusalu is a village in Alutaguse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. [1] It is particularly known for the Agusalu Nature Reserve which encompasses a large proportion of the area. Its landscape is characterised by large bogs and is known for hosting the only system of continental sand dunes in Estonia. [2]
Ida-Viru County is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used in the production of shale oil and in thermal power plants. The capital of the county is the town of Jõhvi which is administratively united with the Jõhvi Parish; nevertheless, Narva is the largest town in the county in terms of population and at the same time the third largest city in Estonia after Tallinn and Tartu.
Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. It had 20,000 Jewish prisoners pass through its gates, mostly from the Vilna and Kovno Ghettos, but also from Latvia, Poland, Hungary and the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Vaivara was one of the last camps to be established. It existed from August 1943 to February 1944.
The Treaty of Tartu was signed on 14 October 1920 between Finland and Soviet Russia after negotiations that lasted nearly five months. The treaty confirmed the border between Finland and Soviet Russia after the Finnish Civil War and Finnish volunteer expeditions in Russian East Karelia.
Illuka Parish was an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County. It had a population of 1013 and an area of 517 km².
Määra is a village in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia.
Roobuka is a village in Saku Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia.
Imatu is a village in Alutaguse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
Saunja is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County in western Estonia.
Sinimäe is a small borough in Narva-Jõesuu, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 319, of which the Estonians were 100 (31.3%).
Tusari is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.
Ingküla is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.
Paasvere is a village in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. Between 1992 and 2017 the village was located in Laekvere Parish.
Miila is a village in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian local governments, the village was located in Rägavere Parish.
Aravuse is a village in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.
Vastaba is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia.
Põikma is a village in Kohila Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia.
Palamulla is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia.
Pusi is a village in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia.
Agusalu Nature Reserve is a nature reserve situated in eastern Estonia, in Ida-Viru County.
The MS Estonia sank on Wednesday, 28 September 1994, between about 00:50 and 01:50 (UTC+2) as the ship was crossing the Baltic Sea, en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Stockholm, Sweden. The sinking was one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century. It is one of the deadliest peacetime sinkings of a European ship, after the Titanic in 1912 and the Empress of Ireland in 1914, and the deadliest peacetime shipwreck to have occurred in European waters, with 852 lives lost.
Coordinates: 59°06′N27°39′E / 59.100°N 27.650°E
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