## This template should be used for English speaking countries or for ## countries for which there is no specific language version #language en = SFD 2014/Estonia = '''Estonia''' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_language|Estonian]]: ''Eesti''), officially the '''Republic of Estonia''' ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_language|Estonian]]: ''Eesti Vabariik''), is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_state|state]] in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_states|Baltic region]] of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Europe|Northern Europe]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Finland|Gulf of Finland]], to the west by the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea|Baltic Sea]], to the south by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia|Latvia]] (343 km), and to the east by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peipus|Lake Peipus]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia|Russia]] (338.6 km). Across the Baltic Sea lies [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden|Sweden]] in the west and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland|Finland]] in the north. The territory of Estonia covers 45,227 km^2^ (17,462 sq mi), and is influenced by a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humid_continental|humid continental climate]]. The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonians|Estonians]] are a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnic_people|Finnic people]], and the official language, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_language|Estonian]], is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_languages|Finno-Ugric language]] closely related to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_language|Finnish]], and distantly to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_language|Hungarian]]. Estonia is a democratic [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_republic|parliamentary republic]] divided into fifteen [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Estonia|counties]], with its capital and largest city being [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallinn|Tallinn]]. Its population of 1.3 million makes it one of the least-populous member states of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union|European Union]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurozone|Eurozone]] and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO|North Atlantic Treaty Organization]]. A [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country|developed country]] with an advanced, high-income economy, Estonia has the highest gross domestic product per person among the former [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union|Soviet republics]], and is a member of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development|Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]]. Estonia ranks high in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index|Human Development Index]], and subsequently performs favorably in measurements of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Freedom_Index|press freedom]] (third in the world in 2012), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_World_Liberty_Index|economic freedom]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_in_the_World_(report)|civil liberties]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programme_for_International_Student_Assessment|education]]. Estonia is often described as one of the most [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_access|wired]] countries in Europe, and is recognized as a leader in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-government|e-government]]. Source and further reading - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia == Cities == <> == Create a new City == <> ---- CategoryCountry2014 CategoryCountry2014