Home › Entities › county › Valga County

Valga County

county of Estonia
AdministrativeArea county Q192362
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Valga County is a county[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of county entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (370 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Estonia[3]
  • Country: Estonia[4]
  • Capital: Valga[5]
  • Shares border with: Tartu County[6], Viljandi County[7], Põlva County[8], Võru County[9], Ape Municipality[10], Valka Municipality[11], Naukšēni Municipality[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Tõrva Rural Municipality[13], Otepää Rural Municipality[14], Valga Rural Municipality[15]
  • Flag: flag of Valga County[16]
  • Commons category: Valga County[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Valga County[18]
  • Described at URL: https://www.valgamaa.ee[19]
  • Population: 30,176[20], 29,944[21], 30,524[22], 30,084[23], 28,669[24], 28,370[25], 28,204[26], 27,962[27], 27,650[28], 28,114[29], 27,924[30]
  • Official name: Valga maakond[31]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Valga County[32]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Valga County[33]
  • Native label: Valga maakond[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Valga County[35]
  • Area: 2042.93 km²[36], 1917.09 km²[37]
  • Language used: Võro[38]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Eesti 1000[39]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Valga County[40]

Why It Matters

Valga County has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Estonia

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Land and Spatial Development Board. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Valga County. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/valga-county
MLA “Valga County.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/valga-county.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_valga-county_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Valga County}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/valga-county}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Valga County — https://4ort.xyz/entity/valga-county (retrieved 2026-10-16)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/valga-county · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||fr, es, gl, de, sv, sr, tr, ca, nn, cs, nb, en, hu, lb, mul */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia+self_stated_in refs; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataC"
  2. 22d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Gnd id → 7864445-8
    Sitelink count → 67
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  3. 25d ago · Daniel Vincenc · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Flag → flag of Valga County
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Tõrva Rural Municipality, Otepää Rural Municipality, Valga Rural Municipality
    Official name → {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Valga maakond'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Tõrva Rural Municipality"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Tartu County, Viljandi County, Põlva County +4
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 57.866666666667, 'lon': 26.166666666667}
    Country → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Valga County
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 506115, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.