Valga County , or
Valgamaa is the first-level administrative unit in Estonia and one of 15
counties of
Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on the 1st of January, 1990. The capital and the biggest town of Valga County is Valga, followed by
Tõrva and
Otepää. It is situated in southern part of the country and borders
Põlva County and
Võru County to the east,
Latvia to the south and to the west,
Viljandi County and
Tartu County to the north. 29,944 people live in Valga County (as of 1 January 2015).