Valga

Valga (German: Walk) is a town in southern Estonia and the capital of Valga County. Until their separation in 1920, Valga and the town of Valka in northern Latvia were one town. They are now twin-towns. The area of Valga is 16,5 km2 and that of Valka is 14,2 km2. Populations are respectively 15,330 and 7,100.

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Valga is situated in the junction of roads and railways. Tallinn-Tartu-Riga railway is connected via Tapa with Tallinn-Narva-St.Petersburg magistral. Valga is an international junction of railway traffic. Since there is no railway station in Valka, the trains coming from Latvia are directed to Valga, which is the terminal of Latvian railway lines.

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Valga County: Valga County (est: Valga maakond), or Valgamaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in southern part of the country and borders P?lva County and V?ru County to the east, Latvia to the south and to the west, Viljandi County and Tartu County to the north....

1920: 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar)...