Valga County

Valga County
County of Estonia
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Estonia
Capital	Valga
Government
• Governor	Margus Lepik
Area
• Total	2,043.53 km2 (789.01 sq mi)
Population (Jan 2009[1])
• Total	34,135
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-82
Vehicle registration	G
Website	www.valgamaa.ee

Valga County (Estonian: Valga maakond), or Valgamaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. Its capital is Valga, which is located on the Estonian-Latvian border. It is situated in southern part of the country and borders Põlva County and Võru County to the east, Latvia to the south and to the west, Viljandi County and Tartu County to the north. 34,135 people live in Valga County – constituting 2.5% of the total population in Estonia (as of January 2009).^[1]

History

County Government

The County Government (Estonian: Maavalitsus) is led by Governor (Estonian: maavanem), who is appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Currently the Governor position is held by Margus Lepik.

Municipalities

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 2 urban municipalities (Estonian: linnad – towns) and 11 rural municipalities (Estonian: vallad – parishes) in Valga County.

Municipalities of Valga County

Urban municipalities:

• Tõrva
• Valga

Rural municipalities:

• Helme Parish
• Hummuli Parish
• Karula Parish
• Otepää Parish (includes the town of Otepää)
• Palupera Parish
• Puka Parish
• Põdrala Parish
• Sangaste Parish
• Taheva Parish
• Tõlliste Parish
• Õru Parish

Geography

References

External links

• Valga County Government – official website
• Valgamaa – official website (Estonian)

Geographic locale v t e Municipalities of Valga County Urban municipalities Tõrva Valga Rural municipalities Helme Hummuli Karula Õru Otepää Palupera Põdrala Puka Sangaste Taheva Tõlliste v t e Counties of Estonia Harjumaa Hiiumaa Ida-Virumaa Järvamaa Jõgevamaa Läänemaa Lääne-Virumaa Pärnumaa Põlvamaa Raplamaa Saaremaa Tartumaa Valgamaa Viljandimaa Võrumaa v t e Cities and towns (Linnad) of Estonia Abja-Paluoja Antsla Elva Haapsalu Jõgeva Jõhvi Kallaste Kärdla Karksi-Nuia Kehra Keila Kilingi-Nõmme Kiviõli Kohtla-Järve Kunda Kuressaare Lihula Loksa Maardu Mõisaküla Mustvee Narva Narva-Jõesuu Otepää Paide Paldiski Pärnu Põltsamaa Põlva Püssi Rakvere Räpina Rapla Saue Sillamäe Sindi Suure-Jaani Tallinn Tamsalu Tapa Tartu Tõrva Türi Valga Viljandi Võhma Võru Jaanilinn (Ivangorod) and Petseri (Pechory) were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945 and are currently part of Russia.

Coordinates: 57°52′N 26°10′E / 57.867°N 26.167°E / 57.867; 26.167