Valga, Estonia

Valga
Town
Valga Town Hall, Jaani (St. John´s) Church and Railway Station
Motto(s):  1 linn, 2 riiki (1 city, 2 countries)
Valga Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 57°47′N 26°02′E / 57.783°N 26.033°E / 57.783; 26.033
Country	Estonia
County	Valga County
Municipality	Valga Parish
First mention	1286
Area
• Total	16.54 km2 (6.39 sq mi)
Elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	11,792
• Rank	11th
• Density	710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Estonians	59.2%
• Russians	26.3%
• Latvians	5.65%
• Ukrainians	3.02%
• other	5.83%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	68230

Valga (German: Walk) is a town in southern Estonia and the capital of Valga County and Valga Parish. Until their separation in 1920, Valga and the town of Valka in northern Latvia were one town. They are now twin-towns. The area of Valga is 16.5 square kilometres (6.4 square miles) and that of Valka is 14.2 km² (5.5 sq mi). Their populations are respectively 12,261 and 6,164. On 21 December 2007 all border-crossing points were removed and roads and fences opened between the two countries with both countries joining the Schengen Agreement.