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
The 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
The 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:
- Tõrva
- Valga
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
Freemit airtins
- Valga Coonty Govrenment Archived 2008-08-13 at the Wayback Machine – offeecial wabsteid
- Valgamaa – offeecial wabsteid (in Estonie)
