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Tartu County
Tartu County
3000 sq km
150,000 people
Tradition and Innovation
City of Tartu – education, research, medicine, services
Tartu County – agriculture, wood and food industry, cultural heritage
Tartu – the second city, national counterbalance
National institutions (Ministry of Education, Supreme Court etc)
Regional centre of South Estonia
A Human Capital
People Like It Here
A valued place to live in
Stable and growing population
Nature
• Wavy plains, river valleys, drumlins•Two big lakes, wetlands• Conservation areas• Peat, sand, gravel
Landscapes
People
Local Government
3 towns Tartu (100,000) Elva (6,300) Kallaste (1,300)
19 rural municipalitiesaverage population 2500-3000
Infrastructure
Third Economic Power
10% of Estonian turnover, 5% of export
Lowest unemployment in Estonia
Big share of public sector jobs
Development of entrepreneurship – a challenge
Metal products
Timber
Furniture
Machines
Clothes and footwear
Glass
Plastics
Other
Economy and Business
Foodstuffs, wood, glass, mechanical engineering
Fertile lands, big farms
Fishery
Strategically important - knowledge intensive production
New Economy
ICT
GIS
Biotechnology
Biomedicine
Innovation
• Tartu Science Park• Tartu Biotechnology Park• UT Institute of Technology
www.teaduspark.eewww.biopark.eewww.tuit.ut.ee
Scientia Potentia Est
• 15 research institutions
• 7 centres of excellence
• Half of Estonian degree holders
• Genetics, plant physiology, semiotics, nanotechnology, optics, Finno-Ugric studies
• International conferences
UniversitiesUniversity of Tartu – a living classic
Estonian University of Life Sciences
11 universities and colleges
20 000 students and 5000 employees
900 research fellows
Internationalization
Tartu – the city of youth
Education
60 municipal schools
Baltic Defence College
Estonian Aviation College
Tartu Art College
Sports
Tartu Ski Marathon + running and cycling events
Miss Valentine gymnastics competition and gala
Basketball, football, judo, motorboat racing
Culture
“Vanemuine” Theatre and Concert Hall
20+ amateur theatre societies
30 museums
Hanseatic Days
Student Festivals
Diversity
Tourism
Tartu: old town, university, museums, St John’s church, botanical gardens, historic ships, St Anthony’s Guild
Lake Peipus region: fishing, old believers’ villages, Alatskivi manor
Nature trails, parks, manors, museums
www.visittartu.com
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