Sirgala | |
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Village | |
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| Coordinates: 59°19′N 27°47′E / 59.32°N 27.78°E | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County | Ida-Viru County |
| Municipality | Narva-Jõesuu |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 42 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Sirgala is a village in Narva-Jõesuu municipality, Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.[1] It is entirely surrounded by Mustanina village. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of local governments, Sirgala was a neighbourhood and a distant exclave of the city of Kohtla-Järve. Much like the nearby village of Viivikonna, the village originated as a settlement for shale oil mine workers and large parts of it have been abandoned after the mines were closed.[2]
Sirgala training area of the Estonian Defence Forces, is located south of Sirgala on a reforested oil-shale mining area in Mustanina village.
- ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 14 March 2020)
- ^ "What used to be (Viivikonna)". Emptiness. Retrieved 2023-07-02.