Place:Võru, Estonia

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NameVõru
Alt namesVõrusource: Family History Library Catalog
Võrusource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Võru districtsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Võru maakondsource: Wikipedia
Võrumaasource: Wikipedia
TypeCounty
Located inEstonia
Contained Places
Municipality
Võru
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Võru County ( or Võrumaa; ) is a county in Southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and Ape Municipality) in the south and Russian Federation (Pskov Oblast) in the east.

The territory of Võrumaa covers and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. In January 2013 Võru County had a population of 32,806, 2.5% of the total population in Estonia. The county is subdivided into 12 rural municipalities and one urban municipality, the county capital, Võru.

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