Valka
town and capital of Valka Municipality, Latvia
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Summary
Valka is a city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[1]. Valka ranks in the top 3% of city under municipality jurisdiction in latvia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (453 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Valka Municipality[3]
- Country: Latvia[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Pedeli River[5]
- Instance of: border city[6]
- Shares border with: Valga[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Weißenburg in Bayern[8], Radviliškis[9], Valga City[10], Kutaisi[11]
- Postal code: LV-4701[12]
- Commons category: Valka[13]
- Inception: 1584[14]
- Official website: http://www.valka.lv/en[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Valka[16]
- Population: 4852[17], 4718[18], 4573[19], 5221[20], 4527[21], 4510[22], 4522[23], 2964[24], 3339[25], 3268[26], 4872[27], 7209[28], 8023[29], 4592[30]
- Replaces: Walk[31]
- Capital of: Lugaži Parish[32], Valka Municipality[33]
- Category for people born here: Q8047988[34]
- Category for people who died here: Q97416816[35]
- Native label: Valka[36]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Valka[37]
- Different from: Falca[38]
- Elevation above sea level: 50 m[39]
- Area: 14.36 km²[40], 14.250463 km²[41], 14.26 km²[42], 13.98 km²[43], 13.88 km²[44]
Why It Matters
Valka has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Valka is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]