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DEMOGRAPHICS & HISTORY

Europe

Estonia

Facts & Figures

• Area: 17,462 square miles
• Capital: Tallinn

• Language: 0^_ZYTLY T^ _SP ZʯNTLW WLYR`LRP bT_S ^ZXP =`^^TLY @V]LTYTLY LYO 1TYYT^S
also spoken.

• Location: Estonia is bordered on the east by Russia and on the west by the Baltic Sea. To
the south is Latvia and to the north is the Gulf of Finland. Estonia has numerous lakes
and forests and many rivers, most of which drain northward into the Gulf of Finland or
eastward into Lake Peipus.

• Population: 1,265,420 (estimate)

• Religions: Lutheran 9.9%, Orthodox 16.2%, other Christian (including Methodis,
Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 2.2%, other 0.9%, none 54.1%,
`Y^[PNTʭPO ! "

• Time zone: Estonia is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, 7 hours ahead of Eastern
Time. The country observes daylight savings time from late March until late September.

National Holidays: Estonia

In addition to the holidays listed below, 05/01 Labor Day
Estonia celebrates a number of national
06/23 Victory Day
holidays that follow a lunar calendar, such
L^ 0L^_P] ?Z ʭYO Z`_ TQ dZ` bTWW MP _]LaPWTYR 06/24 Midsummer Day
during these holidays, please visit www.
timeanddate.com/holidays. 08/20 Independence Restoration Day

01/01 New Year’s Day 12/24 Christmas Eve

02/24 Independence Day 12/25 Christmas Day

12/26 Boxing Day

Historical Overview of Estonia

Early History

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