Valka county

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Valka County
  • Valkas apriņķis
  • Kreis Walk
  • Валкскій уѣздъ
County
Liflandia Governorate Valksky uezd.svg
Location in the Governorate of Livonia
Country
Russian Governorate Livonia
Established1745
Abolished1949
Capital Walk
Area
 • Total
6,030.25 km2 (2,328.29 sq mi)
Population
 (1897)
 • Total
120,585
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Valkas aprinkis (Walksche Kreis) on the map of Ludwig August Mellin (1798) Atlas von Liefland 4.tif
Valkas apriņķis (Walksche Kreis) on the map of Ludwig August Mellin (1798)

Valka county (Latvian : Valkas apriņķis; German : Kreis Walk, Russian : Валкскій уѣздъ, romanized: Valkskiy 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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History

The county of Valka was created during the administrative territorial reform of the Governorate of Riga in 1783 by merging of parishes from the preexisting Kreis Riga and Kreis Wenden.

After the establishment of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, the Valkas apriņķis [1] existed until 1949, when the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR split it into the newly created districts (rajons) of Valka and Smiltene (dissolved in 1959).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Kreis Walk had a population of 120,585. Of these, 87.9% spoke Latvian, 7.2% Estonian, 2.1% German, 1.3% Russian, 1.1% Yiddish, 0.2% Polish and 0.1% Romani as their native language. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Letonika.lv. Vārdnīcas - Latviešu—angļu vārdnīca. Apriņķis = district or county". www.letonika.lv. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. ↑ Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской Империи 1897 г.

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