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              - - - - -           Shopping Community Your email Chat Forums Living in Scandinavia Newsletter Do you want to keep informed of our updates on Nordic culture? Search in Scandinavica Welcome to Estonia (See below) Map of Estonia (299K) Who are we? We are 1, 4 million Estonians living in the Republic of Estonia. Our capital is Tallinn (443, 000 inhabitants). Other towns: Tartu, Pärnu. Islands: 1, 520, about 10% of Estonia’s territory. We speak Estonian. The Estonian language is similar to Finnish. Other languages spoken in Estonia are Russian, Ukrainian, English and Finnish. There are several minority communities in Estonia, the most important being the Russians (28%) and the Ukrainians (2.5%). What is our country like? What does Estonia look like: it is marshy and rather flat. . How is the weather: wet and cool. Temperatures reach 25°C in summer and -10°C in winter, when the country is covered in snow and the waters around the coastline freeze over. Our economy is based on agriculture, textile, oil shale, metals and woodworking. Our Government type is a republic. Estonia will be a member of the European Union in 2004. About the history of Estonia - Estonian people are proud of their identity and their history. Estonian language belongs to the Finno-Ugric family, keeping close ressemblance with Finnish and sharing also remote roots with Hungarian. ...