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Valga County




  Fullname Valga maakond
  Flag Valgamaa_lippsvg
  Coatofarms Valgamaa_vappsvg
  Capital Valga, Estonia
  Governor Georg Trašanov
  Area 2,044
  Arearank 14th
  Population As Of 2004
  Population 35,059
  Populationrank 12th
  Populationdensity 172
  Densityrank 6th
  Isocode EE-82
  Map Valga maakondsvg


Valga County ( 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 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:

Rural municipalities:



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