Valka

Summary

Valka is a city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia^[1]. Valka ranks in the top 3% of city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Valka is located in Valka Municipality^[3].
• Valka is in the country of Latvia^[4].
• Valka is on the body of water Pedeli River^[5].
• Valka's image is recorded as 2020 08 Valka Valga (10).jpg^[6].
• Valka's image is recorded as Valga-Valka, Pedeli-Pedele.JPG^[7].
• Valka's instance of is recorded as city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia^[8].
• Valka's instance of is recorded as border city^[9].
• Valka's flag image is recorded as Flag of Valka.svg^[10].
• Valka's shares border with is recorded as Valga^[11].
• Valka's coat of arms image is recorded as Coat of Arms of Valka.svg^[12].
• Valka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Weißenburg in Bayern^[13].
• Valka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Radviliškis^[14].
• Valka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Valga City^[15].
• Valka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kutaisi^[16].
• Valka's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 145414112^[17].
• Valka's locator map image is recorded as Latvia city Valka.png^[18].
• Valka's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80073476^[19].
• Valka's postal code is recorded as LV-4701^[20].
• Valka's Commons category is recorded as Valka^[21].
• +1584-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Valka^[22].
• Valka's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.775277777778, 'lon': 26.021388888889}^[23].
• Valka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b7n8y^[24].
• Valka's official website is recorded as http://www.valka.lv/en^[25].
• Valka's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Valka^[26].
• Valka's page banner is recorded as Valka-banner.jpg^[27].

Body

Geography

Valka is in the country of Latvia^[4]. Valka is located in Valka Municipality^[3]. Valka is on the body of water Pedeli River^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.36'}^[28], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.250463'}^[29], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+14.26'}^[30]. Valka's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+50'}^[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4852'}^[32], {'amount': '+4718'}^[33], {'amount': '+4573'}^[34], {'amount': '+5221'}^[35], {'amount': '+4527'}^[36], and {'amount': '+4510'}^[37].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia^[8] and border city^[9].

History and Context

+1584-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Valka^[22].

Why It Matters

Valka ranks in the top 3% of city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (103 views/month).^[2] Valka has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] Valka is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]