Valka county

Valka County
  • Valkas apriņķis
  • Kreis Walk
  • Валкскій уѣздъ
Location in the Governorate of Livonia
Location in the Governorate of Livonia
Country
Russian GovernorateLivonia
Established1745
Abolished1949
CapitalWalk
Area
 • Total
6,030.25 km2 (2,328.29 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total
120,585
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Valkas apriņķis (Walksche Kreis) on the map of Ludwig August Mellin (1798)

Valka county (Latvian: Valkas apriņķis; German: Kreis Walk, Russian: Валкскій уѣздъ, romanizedValkskiy 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).


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