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town in southern Estonia

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Valga is a town located in southern Estonia near the country's border with Latvia. It serves as a regional center for the surrounding area and has historical significance as a crossing point between the two Baltic nations.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
border city
Population
12173
Area
16.65
Body of water
Pedeli River
Shares border with
Valka
Image
Valga2015dec.jpg
Dialing code
8-10-372-76
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inception
1286-00-00
topic's main category
Category:Valga, Estonia
Commons category
Valga (Estonia)
category for people born here
Category:Births in Valga
category of associated people
Category:People from Valga, Estonia
postal code
68230
P6482
Valga
replaces
Walk
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Encyclopedic overview

Valga (German: Walk; Latvian: Valka) is a town in southern Estonia and the capital of Valga County and Valga Parish. 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 square kilometres (6.4 square miles). The population is 12,261. On 21 December 2007 all border-crossing points were removed and roads and fences opened between the two countries with both countries joining the Schengen Agreement.

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

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