| Uuslinn | |
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| Subdistrict of Tallinn | |
Tallinn Lasnamäe Mechanical School in Uuslinn. | |
 Uuslinn within Lasnamäe District. | |
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| Population (01.01.2014 [1] ) | |
| • Total | 353 |
Uuslinn (Estonian for "New Town") is a subdistrict (Estonian : asum) in the district of Lasnamäe, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 353 (As of 1 January 2014 [update] ). [1]
The Estonian language is the official language of Estonia, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people: 922,000 people in Estonia and 160,000 outside Estonia. It is a Southern Finnic language and is the second most spoken language among all the Finnic languages.
Lasnamäe is the most populous administrative district of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Colloquially known as a "Russian ghetto", the district's population is about 119,000, the majority of which is Russian-speaking. Local housing is mostly represented by 5–16 stories high panel blocks of flats, built in the 1970–1990s. Lasnamäe is usually referred to as a bedroom community.
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It is on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland in Harju County. From the 13th century until 1918, the city was known as Reval. Tallinn occupies an area of 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) and has a population of 440,776.
The headquarters of Estonian Maritime Administration is located at Valge 4 in Uuslinn.
The Estonian Maritime Administration is a governmental agency that operates within the area of government of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, has a directing function, exercises state supervision and applies enforcement powers of the state on the bases and to the extent prescribed by law in order to ensure maritime safety in Estonian territorial and inland maritime waters and navigable inland waters.
