Alternate names: Valka [Latv], Walk [Ger], Valk and Валк [Rus], Valga [Est], Läti-Valga, Valkas. Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "One Town, Two States". 1900 Jewish population: 388.

• Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1373: "Valka".
• Pinkas HaKehilot, Latvia and Estonia (1988), p. 111: "Valka"
• JewishGen Latvia SIG

CEMETERY: 29 Varonu St.

See burial list All Latvia Cemetery List [March 2009]

Mass grave in Strenchi.