Valka county
Valka County
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|---|---|
Valkas apriņķis within Latvia in 1940 | |
| Country | |
| Russian Governorate | Livonia |
| Established | 1745 |
| Abolished | 1949 |
| Capital | Valka (Walk) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,030.25 km2 (2,328.29 sq mi) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 120,585 |
| • Density | 19.9967/km2 (51.7912/sq mi) |
Valka county (Latvian: Valkas apriņķis; German: Kreis Walk, Russian: Валкскій уѣздъ, romanized: Valkskiy uyezd) was a historic county in the Governorate of Livonia, and in the Republic of Latvia dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Latvian SSR in 1949. Its capital was Valka (Walk).