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Kiviõli

Kiviõli (/ˌkɪviˈli/ KIV-ee-OHL-ee; Estonian: [ˈkiviɤlʲi]) is an industrial town in Ida-Viru County, Estonia, established in 1922. The main industry in the town is oil shale mining, which gives the town its name.

In 1922, the joint-stock company Eesti Kiviõli (lit.'Estonian stone oil') established an oil shale quarry in land belonging to the village of Salaküla, and mining commenced in 1930. A worker's settlement belonging to the village of Varinurme was built in the 1930s and named Kiviõli after the joint-stock company. Kiviõli became a town in 1946.

Included in the town limits, but somewhat separate from the main part of the town, are the districts of Küttejõu and Varinurme.

There are five neighborhoods of Kiviõli:

Notable people that were born or lived in Kiviõli include the following:

59°21′N 26°58′E / 59.350°N 26.967°E / 59.350; 26.967

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