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Walk was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia.^[1] After 1419 it was the seat of the Landtag of the Livonian Confederation.^[2]

Demographics

Ethnic composition 1897
Ethnicity	1897^[3]
Ethnicity	amount	%
Latvians	4453	40.8
Estonians	3594	32.9
Russians^[a]	1214	11.1
Germans	1145	10.5
Jews	303	2.77
Poles	197	1.80
other	16	0.15
Total	10922	100

Religious composition 1897
Religion	1897^[3]
Religion	amount	%
Protestants^[b]	7862	72.0
Eastern Orthodox	2403	22.0
Orthodox Old Believers	53	0.49
Roman Catholic	222	2.03
Jewish^[c]	380	3.48
Muslims	1	0.001
Other Christian denominations^[d]	1	0.001
Other non-Christian denominations	0	0
Total	10922	100

^ Including Ukrainians and Belarusians
^ Excluding Anglicans
^ Including Karaites
^ Including Anglicans

References

^ "History". Visit Valga Valka. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
^ "Valga. Valka" (PDF). visitvalgavalka.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ПЕРВАЯ ВСЕОБЩАЯ ПЕРЕПИСЬ НАСЕЛЕНІЯ. РОССІЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРІИ 1897 г. XXІ. ЛИФЛЯНДСКАЯ ГУБЕРНІЯ [First General Population Census. Russian Empire, year 1897. XXI. Livonian Governorate.] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Empire. 1905. pp. 2–3 (28).

57°46′18″N 26°01′11″E / 57.77167°N 26.01972°E / 57.77167; 26.01972

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[4] Including Ukrainians and Belarusians

[5] Excluding Anglicans

[6] Including Karaites

[7] Including Anglicans

[visitvalgavalka.com-1] "History". Visit Valga Valka. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

[visitvalgavalka.com_photobook-2] "Valga. Valka" (PDF). visitvalgavalka.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[census-3] ПЕРВАЯ ВСЕОБЩАЯ ПЕРЕПИСЬ НАСЕЛЕНІЯ. РОССІЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРІИ 1897 г. XXІ. ЛИФЛЯНДСКАЯ ГУБЕРНІЯ [First General Population Census. Russian Empire, year 1897. XXI. Livonian Governorate.] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Empire. 1905. pp. 2–3 (28).

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+{{Short description|Historical German name for the town Valga/Valka (Estonia/Latvia)}}
-'''Walk''' was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into [[Valga, Estonia|Valga]] in [[Estonia]] and [[Valka]] in [[Latvia]]. After 1419 it was the seat of the [[Landtag]] of the [[Livonian Confederation]].
+'''Walk''' was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into [[Valga, Estonia|Valga]] in [[Estonia]] and [[Valka]] in [[Latvia]].<ref name="visitvalgavalka.com">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://visitvalgavalka.com/history/ |website=Visit Valga Valka |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> After 1419 it was the seat of the [[Landtag]] of the [[Livonian Confederation]].<ref name="visitvalgavalka.com_photobook">{{cite web |title=Valga. Valka |url=https://visitvalgavalka.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/VALGA_VALKA_photo-book.pdf |website=visitvalgavalka.com |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>
+== Demographics ==
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|+Ethnic composition 1897
+! rowspan="2" |Ethnicity
+! colspan="2" |[[1897 Russian Census|1897]]<ref name=census>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/Statisticsofthe1897AllRussiaCensus/First%20General%20Census%20of%20the%20population%20of%20the%20Russian%20Empire%20in%201897%20Livonia%20gubernia%20rsl01003956036/ |title=ПЕРВАЯ ВСЕОБЩАЯ ПЕРЕПИСЬ НАСЕЛЕНІЯ. РОССІЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРІИ 1897 г. XXІ. ЛИФЛЯНДСКАЯ ГУБЕРНІЯ. |trans-title=First General Population Census. Russian Empire, year 1897. XXI. Livonian Governorate. |publisher=Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Empire |year=1905 |location=St. Petersburg |pages=2–3 (28) |language=ru}}</ref>
+|-
+!amount
+!%
+|-
+|[[Latvians]]
+|4453
+|40.8
+|-
+|[[Estonians]]
+|3594
+|32.9
+|-
+|[[Russians]]{{efn|Including Ukrainians and Belarusians}}
+|1214
+|11.1
+|-
+|[[Germans]]
+|1145
+|10.5
+|-
+|[[Jews]]
+|303
+|2.77
+|-
+|[[Polish people|Poles]]
+|197
+|1.80
+|-
+|other
+|16
+|0.15
+|-
+!Total
+!10922
+!100
+|}
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|+Religious composition 1897
+! rowspan="2" |Religion
+! colspan="2" |[[1897 Russian Census|1897]]<ref name="census"/>
+|-
+!amount
+!%
+|-
+|[[Protestantism|Protestants]]{{efn|Excluding Anglicans}}
+|7862
+|72.0
+|-
+|[[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]]
+|2403
+|22.0
+|-
+|[[Old Believers|Orthodox Old Believers]]
+|53
+|0.49
+|-
+|[[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]
+|222
+|2.03
+|-
+|[[Jews|Jewish]]{{efn|Including [[Karaite Judaism|Karaites]]}}
+|380
+|3.48
+|-
+|[[Muslims]]
+|1
+|0.001
+|-
+|Other Christian denominations{{efn|Including [[Anglicanism|Anglicans]]}}
+|1
+|0.001
+|-
+|Other non-Christian denominations
+|0
+|0
+|-
+!Total
+!10922
+!100
+|}
+{{notelist}}
 ==See also==
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 *[[List of German exonyms for places in Latvia]]
+==References==
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+{{Reflist}}
+{{Coord|57|46|18|N|26|01|11|E|type:city_region:LV_source:dewiki|display=title}}
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