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Ida-Viru Coonty
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Ida-Viru Coonty (Estonie: Ida-Viru maakond), or Ida-Virumaa, is ane o 15 coonties o Estonie. It is the maist north-eastren pairt o the kintra. The coonty contains lairge deposits o ile shale - the main mineral mined in Estonie. As ile shale is uised in thermal pouer plants, the yird in Ida-Viru leeterally haulds the lairgest pouer capacity in Estonie. The caipital o the coonty is the toun o Jõhvi which is admeenistratively unitit wi the Jõhvi Parish. 168,656 fowk live in Ida-Viru Coonty – constitutin 12.6% o the total population in Estonie (as o Januar 2010).[1]