WIda-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. In January 2019 Ida-Viru County had a population of 136,240 – constituting 10.3% of the total population in Estonia. It borders Lääne-Viru County in the west, Jõgeva County in the southwest and Russia in the east.
WAlutaguse National Park is a national park in Eastern Estonia. The park was established in 2018.
WAS Eesti Kiviõli was an oil shale company located in Kiviõli, Estonia. It was a predecessor of Kiviõli Keemiatööstus, a shale oil extraction company. The Kiviõli town is named after Eesti Kiviõli.
WKiviõli FC Irbis were an Estonian football club based in Kiviõli. Founded in 1999 as Kiviõli Tamme Auto, in 2013 they merged with a local youth team and changed their name to Irbis. The club were members of Esiliiga, the second tier of Estonian football system for eight seasons between 2008 and 2015. Their highest league finish came in 2011 with 3rd position in Esiliiga, missing the promotion play-off to top flight with just one point.
WBattle of Laagna took place in Laagna, Estonia, during the Estonian War of Independence with Estonian mariners and Finnish volunteers against the Red Army.
WMuraka Bog is a bog in Ida-Viru County, Estonia.
WNarva-Jõesuu is an urban municipality of Estonia, in Ida-Viru County. It comprises the town of Narva-Jõesuu, settlements of the former parish of Vaivara, and two former distant exclaves of the urban municipality of Kohtla-Järve. The municipality surrounds two exclave neighbourhoods of the city of Narva, Olgina and Kudruküla, both of which share their names with an adjacent village in Narva-Jõesuu municipality.
WNew Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd Estonian Branch was an oil shale company located in Kohtla-Nõmme, Estonia. It was a subsidiary of Consolidated Gold Fields.
WPühajõgi is a river in Ida-Viru County, Estonia. The river is 36.5 km long and basin size is 219.7 km². It runs into Gulf of Finland.
WPuhatu Wetland Complex is a bog in Ida-Viru County, Estonia. The bog extends from northern bank of Lake Peipus to Auvere-Narva line. It is part of Estonia’s largest mire system Agusalu-Puhatu. The complex is protected.
WRannapungerja River is a river in Ida-Viru County, Estonia. The river is 63 km long and basin size is 594.6 km². It runs into Peipus Lake.
WElectoral district no. 7 is one of the 12 multi-member electoral districts of the Riigikogu, the national legislature of Estonia. Established in 1992 when the Riigikogu was re-established following Estonia's independence from the Soviet Union, the district was abolished in 1995 following the re-organisation of electoral districts only to be re-established in 2003. It is conterminous with the county of Ida-Viru. The district currently elects seven of the 101 members of the Riigikogu using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 parliamentary election it had 56,836 registered electors.
WSirgala training area is one of the six military training fields used by the Estonian Defence Forces. It is located in Narva-Jõesuu municipality, Ida-Viru County, and covers approximately 3,000 ha.
WSirtsi Nature Reserve is a nature reserve situated in western Estonia, and straddles the border between Lääne-Viru and Ida-Viru County.
WThis is a sub-article to Battle of Narva (1944).
WTõrvajõgi is a river in Ida-Viru County, Estonia. The river is 16.1 km long and basin size is 43.7 km². It runs into Narva River.
WThis is the list of karst areas located in Estonia. The list is incomplete.
WBattle of Utria took place during the Estonian War of Independence on 17–20 January 1919 at Udria beach. It was amphibious landing of Estonian forces consisting mainly of Finnish volunteers.
WVaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in 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.
WVirumaa is a former independent county in Ancient Estonia. Now it is divided into Ida-Viru County or Eastern Vironia and Lääne-Viru County or Western Vironia. Vironians built many strongholds, like Tarwanpe and Agelinde.