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Estonian Republic


Geography
  • Area: 45 227 km² (the Tartu Peace Treaty of 1920 defined 47 549 km²)
  • Coastline: 3794 km
  • Land borders: 343.0 km with Latvia and 338.6 km with the Russian Federation
  • Distance from Tallinn to Helsinki: 85km; to Riga: 307km; to St.Petersburg: 395km; to Stockholm: 405km
Estonia in Europe
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Government
  • Type: Parliamentary democracy
  • Head of State: President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip
  • Legislature: unicameral Riigikogu 
  • High court: Supreme Court
  • Suffrage: Universal for citizens who have attained 18 years of age for national elections. All legal residents, regardless of citizenship, who have attained 18 years of age can vote in local elections
  • Administrative regions: 15 counties
  • Official language: estonian

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