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Põlva County

county of Estonia
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Summary

Põlva County is a county[1]. It draws 263 Wikipedia views per month (county category, ranking #19 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Estonia[3]
  • Country: Estonia[4]
  • Capital: Põlva[5]
  • Shares border with: Tartu County[6], Valga County[7], Võru County[8], Pskov Oblast[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Kanepi Rural Municipality[10], Põlva Rural Municipality[11], Räpina Rural Municipality[12]
  • Flag: flag of Põlva County[13]
  • Commons category: Põlva County[14]
  • Inception: 1961[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Põlva County[16]
  • Population: 27,641[17], 27,438[18], 28,218[19], 27,963[20], 25,290[21], 25,006[22], 24,647[23], 24,473[24], 23,989[25], 24,036[26]
  • Official name: Põlva maakond[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Põlva County[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Põlva County[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Põlva County[30]
  • Area: 2164.16 km²[31], 1823.34 km²[32]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Eesti 1000[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Põlva County[34]

Why It Matters

Põlva County has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Estonia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Land and Spatial Development Board. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Gnd id → 4576780-4
    Sitelink count → 68
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 18d ago · Daniel Vincenc · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Kanepi Rural Municipality, Põlva Rural Municipality, Räpina Rural Municipality
    Official name → {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Põlva maakond'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Kanepi Rural Municipality"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Tartu County, Valga County, Võru County +1
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 58.083333333333, 'lon': 27.083333333333}
    Country → —
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Põlva County
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 506121, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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