Formal education in Estonian is highly important and general education is divided into two stages: the basic education years and the secondary general education.
Officially name: The Republic of Estonia
Capital: Tallinn
Largest city: Tallinn
Official language: Estonian
Government: Parliamentary republic
The Republic of Estonia is divided into fifteen counties (Maakonnad), which are the administrative subdivisions of the country. The first documented mentioning of Estonian political and administrative subdivisions comes from the Chronicle of Henry of Livonia, written in the 13th century during the Northern Crusades.