Valga County

Valga County

Infobox_Maakond
name=Valga
fullname=Valga maakond






capital=Valga, Estonia
governor=Georg Trašanov
area=2,044
arearank=14th
population_as_of=2004
population=35,059
populationrank=12th
populationdensity=17.2
densityrank=6th
isocode=EE-82



Valga County ( _et. 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. 2.6% of the total population of Estonia live in Valga County.

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 Georg Trašanov.

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.Urban municipalities:
*Tõrva
*Valga

Rural municipalities:
*Helme
*Hummuli
*Karula
*Otepää
*Palupera
*Puka
*Põdrala
*Sangaste
*Taheva
*Tõlliste
*Õru

Geography

Miscellaneous topics

External links

* [http://www.valgamv.ee/web.nsf Valga County] Official Website
* [http://www.valgamaa.ee/ Valgamaa] - Official website

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