Valga Coonty
Valga Coonty (Estonie: Valga maakond), or Valgamaa, is ane o 15 coonties o Estonie. Its caipital is Valga, which is locatit on the Estonie-Latvie border. It is situatit in soothren pairt o the kintra an borders Põlva Coonty an Võru Coonty tae the east, Latvie tae the sooth an tae the wast, Viljandi Coonty an Tartu Coonty tae the north. 34,135 fowk live in Valga Coonty – constitutin 2.5% o the total population in Estonie (as o Januar 2009).[1]
Valga Coonty | |
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| Kintra | Estonie |
| Caipital | Valga |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Margus Lepik |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2044 km2 (789 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan 2009[1]) | |
| • Total | 34,135 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-82 |
Coonty Govrenment
eeditThe Coonty Govrenment (Estonie: Maavalitsus) is led bi Govrenor (Estonie: maavanem), who is appointit bi the Govrenment o Estonie for a term o five years.
Municipalities
eeditThe coonty is subdividit intae municipalities. Thare are 2 urban municipalities (Estonie: linnad – touns) an 11 landwart municipalities (Estonie: vallad – pairishes) in Valga Coonty.
Urban municipalities:
Landwart municipalities:
- Helme Pairish
- Hummuli Pairish
- Karula Pairish
- Otepää Pairish (includes the toun o Otepää)
- Palupera Pairish
- Puka Pairish
- Põdrala Pairish
- Sangaste Pairish
- Taheva Pairish
- Tõlliste Pairish
- Õru Pairish
References
eedit- ↑ a b "Population by sex, ethnic nationality and County, 1 January". stat.ee. Statistics Estonia. 1 Januar 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Valga Coonty Govrenment Archived 2008-08-13 at the Wayback Machine – offeecial wabsteid
- Valgamaa – offeecial wabsteid (in Estonie)