Kristiine
Appearance
Kristiine | |
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District of Tallinn | |
Endla street, front of the Kristiine Centre. | |
![]() Location of Kristiine in Tallinn. | |
Country | Estonia |
County | Harju County |
City | Tallinn |
Government | |
• District Elder | Andrei Novikov (Centre Party) |
Area | |
• Total | 9.4 km2 (3.6 sq mi) |
Population (01.11.2014[1]) | |
• Total | 31,739 |
• Density | 3,400/km2 (8,700/sq mi) |
Website | kristiine-district |
Kristiine (Estonian for "Christina") is one of the 8 administrative districts (Estonian: linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
Kristiine is divided into 3 subdistricts (Estonian: asum):
The name of Kristiine originates from the Swedish Queen Christina under whose rule in 1653 the area was divided into 46 pieces (each of them 9 ha) and sold to businessmen and city officials for 100 riksdaler. The whole area was called [Christinental] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (Valley of Christina) and later Kristiine hayfield.[2]
The elder of the district is Andrei Novikov (as of September 2013).
Population
Ethnic group | Percentage |
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Estonians | 69.4% |
Russians | 24.4% |
Ukrainians | 2.1% |
Belarusians | 1.2% |
Finns | 0.6% |
Jews | 0.3% |
Tatars | 0.2% |
Others | 1.9% |
Kristiine has a population of 31.739 (As of 1 November 2014[update]).[1]
Year | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Population | 29,424 | 29,908 | 29,816 | 29,511 | 29,478 | 29,221 | 29,395 | 29,810 | 30,055 | 30,274 | 31,256 |
References
- ^ a b "Tallinna elanike arv" (in Estonian). Tallinn City Government. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ Niin, Jaan (21 March 2007). "Rootsi kuninganna Kristina" (in Estonian). Kesknädal. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ "Tallinn arvudes 2013" (in Estonian). Tallinn. p. 19. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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