Maardu
Maardu
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 Maardu
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| Coordinates: 59°28′41″N 25°00′58″E / 59.47806°N 25.01611°ECoordinates: 59°28′41″N 25°00′58″E / 59.47806°N 25.01611°E | |||
| Country |  Estonia |
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| County |  Harju County |
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| First mentioned | 1241 | ||
| Borough rights | 1951 | ||
| Town rights | 1980 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Georgi Bõstrov (Left Party) | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 22.76 km2 (8.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (01.01.2010) | |||
| - Total | 16,529 | ||
| - Density | 726.2/km2 (1,880.9/sq mi) | ||
| Website | www.maardu.ee | ||
Maardu is a town and a municipality in Harju County, Estonia. It is part of Tallinn metropolitan area. The town covers an area of 22.76 km² and has a population of 16,529 (as of 1 January 2010).
The Port of Muuga, the largest cargo port in Estonia, is partly located in Maardu.
According to the 2000 Census, the population was 16,738. 61.7% were Russians, 19.9% Estonians, 6.6% Ukrainians, 5.7% Belarusians, 1.5% Tatars, 0.9% Finns, 0.6% Poles, 0.5% Lithuanians, 0.2% Latvians, 0.2% Germans and 0.1% Jews. The proportion of Estonians was one of the lowest (if not the lowest) in Central and Western Estonia.
Maardu may be divided into four parts:
- Kallavere (the centre of the city where most of the puclic institutions are located)
- Muuga aedlinn (former garden city, now a light residential suburb more connected to Tallinn than Kallavere)
- Kärmu (industrial area)
- Kroodi (industrial area)
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Maardu Archangel Michael Church
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Iru thermal power plant
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Lake Maardu
- ^ a b "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=Po0291&ti=POPULATION+NUMBER%2C+AREA+AND+DENSITY+BY+ADMINISTRATIVE+UNIT+OR+TYPE+OF+SETTLEMENT%2C+1+JANUARY&path=../I_Databas/Population/01Population_indicators_and_composition/04Population_figure_and_composition/&lang=1. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
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Municipalities of Harju County