🇪🇪 Jõhvi is a town in north-eastern Estonia, and the administrative centre of the Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of Jõhvi Parish. It is situated about 50 km west of the Estonia–Russia international border.
1History Jõhvi was first mentioned as a village in 1241 in Liber Census Daniae when it was ruled by Denmark. Historical names of Jõhvi were Gewi and Jewe. In the 13th century a church was built there and Jõhvi became the centre of the local church parish.
On 1 May 1938, the government of Estonia upgraded the official status of Jõhvi from "borough" to that of an independent "town". During the period of Soviet occupation (1944–1991), Jõhvi was administratively not a town, but a district of the city of Kohtla-Järve. In 2005, the town of Jõhvi was united with the parish of Jõhvi.
During the period of the Soviet occupation, large numbers of immigrant workers from Russia and other parts of the former USSR were brought in to populate the rapidly growing city of Kohtla-Järve, including the then district of Jõhvi. The population in the Jõhvi area which had been, as of 1934 census, over 90% ethnic Estonian, became overwhelmingly non-Estonian in the second half of the 20th century. According to more recent data, about 55% of the town's population are ethnic Russians.
1Jõhvi has a population of over 10,051 people. Jõhvi also forms the centre of the wider Ida-Viru County which has a population of over 136,240 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Jõhvi has links with:
🇷🇺 Kingisepp, Russia 🇫🇮 Loimaa, Finland 🇱🇻 Ogre, Latvia 🇸🇪 Uddevalla, Sweden🇸🇪 Sundbyberg 59.367
🇸🇪 Eskilstuna 59.371
Locations Near: Jõhvi 27.4167,59.35
🇪🇪 Rakvere 26.362,59.349 d: 59.8
🇷🇺 Kingisepp 28.616,59.371 d: 68
🇪🇪 Tartu 26.715,58.371 d: 116.1
🇫🇮 Kotka 26.946,60.467 d: 126.9
🇫🇮 Kouvola 26.7,60.867 d: 173.3
🇷🇺 Sosnovy Bor 29.083,59.883 d: 110.9
🇷🇺 Pskov 28.333,57.817 d: 178.6
🇫🇮 Lappeenranta 28.183,61.067 d: 195.5
Antipodal to: Jõhvi -152.583,-59.35
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15359.3
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15401.8
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14786.7
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14712.9
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11219.3
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11104.7
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11087.7
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 11085.6