Valka

town and capital of Valka Municipality, Latvia
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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 (1,425 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 instance of is recorded as city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[6].
  • Valka's instance of is recorded as border city[7].
  • Valka's shares border with is recorded as Valga[8].
  • Valka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Weißenburg in Bayern[9].
  • Valka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Radviliškis[10].
  • Valka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Valga City[11].
  • Valka's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kutaisi[12].
  • Valka's postal code is recorded as LV-4701[13].
  • Valka's Commons category is recorded as Valka[14].
  • 1584 marks the founding of Valka[15].
  • Valka's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 57.775277777778, 'longitude': 26.021388888889}[16].
  • Valka's official website is recorded as http://www.valka.lv/en[17].
  • Valka's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Valka[18].
  • Valka has a population of {'amount': '+4852'}[19].
  • Valka has a population of {'amount': '+4718'}[20].
  • Valka has a population of {'amount': '+4573'}[21].
  • Valka has a population of {'amount': '+5221'}[22].
  • Valka has a population of {'amount': '+4527'}[23].
  • Valka has a population of {'amount': '+4510'}[24].
  • Valka has a population of {'amount': '+4522'}[25].
  • Valka has a population of {'amount': '+2964'}[26].
  • Valka has a population of {'amount': '+3339'}[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

Valka covers an area of {'amount': '+14.36'}[28]. Valka sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+50'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+4852'}[19], {'amount': '+4718'}[20], {'amount': '+4573'}[21], {'amount': '+5221'}[22], {'amount': '+4527'}[23], and {'amount': '+4510'}[24].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city under municipality jurisdiction in Latvia[6] and border city[7].

History and Context

1584 marks the founding of Valka[15].

Why It Matters

Valka ranks in the top 3% of city_under_municipality_jurisdiction_in_latvia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,425 views/month).[2] Valka has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Valka is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . 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. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1328231402
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 10w ago · Gelli1742 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+4852'}, {'amount': '+4718'}, {'amount': '+4573'} +32
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: http://www.valka.lv/en"
  3. 15w ago · Liinisx · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Area → {'amount': '+14.36'}, {'amount': '+14.250463'}, {'amount': '+14.26'} +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P2046]]: 14.26 square kilometre"
  4. 17w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → geografico/1203334
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10077]]: geografico/1203334"
  5. 17w ago · C960657 · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → Valka
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: Valka"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Capital of → Lugaži Parish, Valka Municipality
    Shares border with → Valga
    Country → —
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 506126, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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