Valga County

Also known as Valgamaa, Valga maakond

county of Estonia

AI overview

Valga County is a region in southern Estonia that borders Latvia. It matters as an important part of Estonia's administrative divisions and as a historically significant border area between Estonia and its neighboring country.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Valga County is referenced by 768 other articles, and connects out to list of lakes in Estonia, list of newspapers in Estonia and list of mountains in Estonia.

The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st.

It sits within the topics Counties of Estonia and Valga County.

Its subject is documented across 65 Wikipedia language editions.

Described at

Üldinfo - Valgamaa - Eesti lõunavärav

Valgamaa - Eesti lõunavärav. Sündmused, uudised ja maakonnainfo tervest Valga maakonnast.

valgamaa.ee →

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Wikidata facts

Population: 27924
Area: 1917.09
Image: Pangahoone Valgas Kesk t 12 1.jpg

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Commons category: Valga County
native label: Valga maakond
P6482: Valga County
P8168: swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – men's marathon 10 kilometre
described at URL: www.valgamaa.ee

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Encyclopedic overview

Valga County (Estonian: Valga maakond or Valgamaa) is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of the Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and largest town of Valga County is Valga, followed by Tõrva and Otepää. It is located in the southern part of the country and borders Põlva and Võru counties to the east, Latvia to the south and west, and Viljandi and Tartu County to the north. 27,650 people live in Valga County as of 2022.

General

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valga County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.