Valka
Sign in to saveValka (; ; ) is a town and the centre of Valka Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the border with Estonia along both banks of the river Pedele.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Valka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Valka.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75px
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Valka.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 125px
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Valkas baznīca.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Lugaži Lutheran Church in Valka.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Valka Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1584
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.motto
- 1 pilsēta, 2 valstis (1 city, 2 countries)
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Valka (; ; ) is a town and the centre of Valka Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, on the border with Estonia along both banks of the river Pedele.
Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "One Town, Two Countries". The border dividing the Livonian town of Walk was marked out in 1920 by an international jury headed by British Colonel Stephen George Tallents.