Valka

Valka is a town in northern , on the border with . Valka and the Estonian town are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "One Town, Two Countries".
  • Town with about 4,560 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 50 metres (160 feet)
  • Description: town and capital of Valka Municipality, Latvia
  • Also known as
    “Valga”
    “Valk”
    “Valkas”
    “Walk”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Discover Valga Museum and Valga Town Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Valga and Lugaži.
is a town in southern , on the border with .
Village
is a village in the Valka Parish of Valka municipality in the region of .
4 km west of Valka
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Latitude
57.7729° or 57° 46′ 23″ north
Longitude
26.016° or 26° 0′ 58″ east
UN/LOCODE
LV VAL
Open location code
9G98Q2F8+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Uzbek—“Valka” goes by many names.
ValkaAfrikaans
ቫልካAmharic
فالكاArabic
ՎալկաArmenian
ValkaAzerbaijani
ValkaBasque
WalkBasque
ВалкаBelarusian
ভালকাBengali
ВалкаBulgarian
ValkaCatalan
WalkCatalan
ValkaCebuano
瓦尔卡Chinese
瓦爾卡Chinese
ValkaCzech
ValkaDanish
ValkaDutch
ValkaEsperanto
Valkas novadsEsperanto
WalkEsperanto
Läti-ValgaEstonian
ValkaEstonian
ValkaFinnish
ვალკაGeorgian
ΒάλκαGreek
ValkaHausa
וואלקהHebrew
वाल्काHindi
ValkaHungarian
ValkaIndonesian
ValkaItalian
WalkItalian
ヴァルカJapanese
ValkaJavanese
ValkaKazakh
ВалкаKazakh
ۆالكاKazakh
ВалкаKirghiz
발카Korean
Läti-ValgaLatvian
ValkaLatvian
Valkas pilsētaLatvian
WalkLatvian
ValkaLithuanian
ВалкаMacedonian
ValkaMalay
ВалкаMoksha
ValkaNorthern Frisian
WalkNorthern Frisian
ValkaNorwegian
ValkaNorwegian Bokmål
ValkaOccitan (post 1500)
WalkOccitan (post 1500)
ValkaOromo
ВалкæOssetian
ਵਾਲਕਾPanjabi
والکاPersian
ValkaPolish
WałkPolish
والکاPushto
ValkaRomanian
ВалкаRussian
ValkaSamogitian
ValkaSerbian
ВалкаSerbian
ValkaSerbo-Croatian
ValkaSilesian
ValkaSlovak
ValkaSlovenian
ValkaSomali
ValkaSwahili
ValkaSwedish
ВалкаTajik
ВалкаTatar
ValkaTurkish
ВалкаUkrainian
ValkaUpper Sorbian
WalkUpper Sorbian
والکاUrdu
ValkaUzbek

Localities in the Area

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“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”

Vidzeme: Highlights

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