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Sirgala

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Sirgala
Village
Sirgala is located in Estonia
Sirgala
Coordinates: 59°19′N 27°47′E / 59.32°N 27.78°E / 59.32; 27.78
Country Estonia
CountyIda-Viru County
MunicipalityNarva-Jõesuu
Population
 (2020)
 • Total42
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Sirgala is a village in Narva-Jõesuu municipality, Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.[1] It is entirely surrounded by Mustanina village. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of local governments, Sirgala was a neighbourhood and a distant exclave of the city of Kohtla-Järve. Much like the nearby village of Viivikonna, the village originated as a settlement for shale oil mine workers and large parts of it have been abandoned after the mines were closed.[2]

Sirgala training area of the Estonian Defence Forces, is located south of Sirgala on a reforested oil-shale mining area in Mustanina village.

References

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  1. ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 14 March 2020)
  2. ^ "What used to be (Viivikonna)". Emptiness. Retrieved 2023-07-02.