Sirgala training area is one of the six military training fields used by the Estonian Defence Forces. It is located in Vaivara Parish

Vaivara Parish

Vaivara Parish is a municipality of Ida-Viru County in northern Estonia. It has a population of 1,800 and an area of 397.97 km².-Settlements:Small boroughs:Olgina , Sinimäe Villages:...

, Ida-Viru County

Ida-Viru County

Ida-Viru County , or Ida-Virumaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. As oil shale is used in thermal power plants, the earth in Ida-Viru literally holds the largest...

, and covers approximately 3000 ha (7,413.2 acre).

Establishment

The training area is reforested

Reforestation

Reforestation is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation....

 oil-shale mining area, which is largely administered by the State Forest Management Center. Eesti Põlevkivi

Eesti Põlevkivi

Eesti Energia Kaevandused is a subsidiary of Eesti Energia, an Estonian state-owned energy company. The core activity of Eesti Energia Kaevandused is oil-shale mining in the north-east of Estonia. The company has 3,150 employees...

manages some minor areas. Sirgala training area was established on 12 June 2008, with the Government Order No. 272 "Establishment of the Defense Forces Sirgala training area."