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Karcag
Karcag () is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography Karcag covers an area of and has a population of 20,632 people (2011). Transport Karcag has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here. Politics The current mayor of Karcag is László Dobos (Fidesz-KDNP). The local Municipal Assembly, elected at the 2019 Hungarian local elections, 2019 local government elections, is made up of 12 members (1 Mayor, 8 Individual constituencies MEPs and 3 Compensation List MEPs) divided into this political parties and alliances: Twin towns – sister cities Karcag is Sister city, twinned with: *Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania (1990) *Kunszentmiklós, Hungary (2009) *Lazdijai, Lithuania (2004) *Lednice, Czech Republic (2006) *Merki District, Kazakhstan (1998) *Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia (1998) *Schwarzheide, Germany (2004) *Stara Moravica, Stara Moravica (Bačka Topola), Serbia (1994) Notable peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karcag District
Karcag () is a district in eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County, Hungary. ''Karcag'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain, Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Nagykunság historical and geographical region. Geography Karcag District borders with Püspökladány District ''(Hajdú-Bihar County)'' to the east, Szeghalom District and Gyomaendrőd District ''(Békés County)'' to the southeast, Mezőtúr District to the south, Törökszentmiklós District and Kunhegyes District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Karcag District is 5. History The Karcag District is one of the newly created districts in 2013 and did not exist before the closure of the districts in 1983. Karcag had never been a district seat before, but as a city it had never belonged to any district, and since its creation in 1994 it has been a Karcag Subregion seat. Municipalities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Hungary
Districts of Hungary are the second-level divisions of Hungary after counties. They replaced the 175 subregions of Hungary in 2013. There are 174 districts in the 19 counties, and there are 23 districts in Budapest. Districts of the 19 counties are numbered by Arabic numerals and named after the district seat, while districts of Budapest are numbered by Roman numerals and named after the historical towns and neighbourhoods. In Hungarian, the districts of the capital and the rest of the country hold different titles. The districts of Budapest are called ''kerületek'' (lit. district, pl.) and the districts of the country are called ''járások.'' By county Baranya County Bács-Kiskun County Békés County Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Csongrád-Csanád County Fejér County Győr-Moson-Sopron County Hajdú-Bihar County Heves County Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County Komárom-Esztergom County Nógrád County Pest County Somogy C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns Of Hungary
Hungary has 3,152 Municipality, municipalities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: , plural: ; the terminology does not distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: , plural: ) of which 126 are classified as large villages (Hungarian: , plural: ). The number of towns can change, since villages can be elevated to town status by act of the President. The capital Budapest has a special status and is not included in any county while 25 of the towns are so-called City with county rights, cities with county rights. All county seats except Budapest are cities with county rights. Four of the cities (Budapest, Miskolc, Győr, and Pécs) have agglomerations, and the Hungarian Statistical Office distinguishes seventeen other areas in earlier stages of agglomeration development. The largest city is the capital, Budapest, while the smallest town is Pálháza with 1038 inhabitants (2010). The larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunszentmiklós
Kunszentmiklós () is a town in Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary. The name is derived from the Cumans (Kun in Hungarian). Twin cities * Cristuru Secuiesc * Blumberg Blumberg () is a municipality situated in the Schwarzwald-Baar region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. south of Donaueschingen, it lies between the southern edge of the ''Schwarzwald'', the Black Forest, the border with Switzerland's Canton of Sc ... * Skorenovac * Karcag * St. Julian's * Chepa See also Cuman people References External links * in Hungarian Térkép Kalauz – KunszentmiklósVideo Kunszentmiklósról – indulhatunk.huKunszentmiklós.lap.huKunszentmiklós Város Tűzoltósága Populated places in Bács-Kiskun County Towns in Hungary {{Bacs-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristuru Secuiesc
Cristuru Secuiesc (; , ) is a town in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. The town administers two villages: Betești (''Betfalva''), part of Mugeni until 2004, and Filiaș (''Fiatfalva''). Location Cristuru Secuiesc lies on the Transylvanian Plateau, in the area where the river Goagiu flows into the Târnava Mare. It is located in the southwestern part of the county, on the border with Mureș County. The town is crossed by national road ; Odorheiu Secuiesc is to the east, while the county seat, Miercurea Ciuc, is in that direction. History The town was part of the Székely Land area of the historical Transylvania province. It belonged to Udvarhelyszék until the administrative reform of Transylvania in 1876, when it fell within the Udvarhely County of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the aftermath of World War I and the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1918–1919, it passed under Romanian administration; after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telephone Numbers In Hungary
Telephone numbers in Hungary for landlines consists of six numerals except those in Budapest which have seven numerals, as do mobile numbers. Before keying the subscriber number required, a caller may need to enter a domestic code (06) and an area code. Hungary area codes In Hungary the standard lengths for area codes is two, except for Budapest (the capital), which has the area code 1. Landline numbers are six digits in general; numbers in Budapest and mobile numbers are seven digits. Making calls within and from Hungary Calls within local areas can be made by dialling the number without the area code, such as 123 4567 in Budapest or 123 456 in other areas. However, this is not permitted in mobile phone networks. Domestic calls to all other area codes must be preceded with 06 + area code. For example, a call from Budapest to Monor (area code 29) would be made as 06 29 123 456 and a call from Monor to Budapest (area code 1) would be made as 06 1 234 5678. When using mobile pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moldava Nad Bodvou
Moldava nad Bodvou (; ; Yiddish מילדוי / סעפשי) is a town and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the town was first mentioned in 1255. Geography The town lies at an altitude of 216 metres and covers an area of . It has a population of about 11,000 people. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the town had 11,086 inhabitants. 45% of inhabitants were Slovaks, 40% Hungarians, and 15% Roma. The religious make-up was 73.61% Roman Catholics, 6.91% people with no religious affiliation, 3.42% Greek Catholics and 1.12% Lutherans. Economy The town has a police force and fire service and its own tax office. Twin towns — sister cities Moldava nad Bodvou is twinned with: * Brzozów, Poland * Cristuru Secuiesc, Romania * Edelény, Hungary * Encs, Hungary * Karcag, Hungary * Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre, Hungary * Siklós, Hungary * Tarcal, Hungary * Tišnov, Czech Republic The Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Hungarian Local Elections
Local elections were held in Hungary on 13 October 2019. Mayors and assembly members were elected for a term of 5 years. Electoral system * Mayors of towns, cities, the districts of Budapest and Budapest itself are directly elected in a one-round, first-past-the-post election. * Assembly members of cities (at least 10 000 inhabitants) are elected via a Mixed single vote, mixed single vote system, mostly in electoral neighbourhoods with first-past-the-post, with a smaller number of seats being distributed as "compensation" mandates between lists of losing candidates. * Assembly members of towns (below 10 000 inhabitants) are elected with a plurality-at-large voting, where the voter can vote for as many candidates as there are seats. * Members of county assemblies are elected with party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony was elected mayor, defeating incumbent István Tarlós who had been in office since 2010. Asse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merki District
Merki (, ) is a district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th .... The administrative center of the district is the selo of Merki. June 29, 2013 — July 2016 — was appointed аkim of the district Kopbosynov Bakhtiyar Beisembaevich. June 30, 2016 — 2021 — was appointed a new akim Umirbekov Meirkhan Azatovich. March 2, 2021 — May 5, 2022 — was appointed a new akim Nursipatov Ruslan Maratovich. May 16, 2022 — was appointed a new akim Baubekov Zhorabek Nurmergenovich. References Districts of Kazakhstan Jambyl Region {{JambylRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lednice
Lednice (; ) is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants. It is known as part of Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Administrative division Lednice consists of two municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Lednice (1,858) *Nejdek (213) Geography Lednice is located about northwest of Břeclav and south of Brno. It lies in a flat landscape in the Lower Morava Valley. The Thaya River flows through the northern part of the municipal territory. Stará Dyje and Zámecká Dyje, which are canals of the Thaya, also flow through the territory. There are several large fishponds. Their territory, together with the immediate surroundings, is protected as the Lednické rybníky National Nature Reserve. History The first written mention of Lednice is from 1222 under its Latin name ''Izgruobi'', as a property of the Weisen/Orphanus family. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazdijai
Lazdijai () is a city ('' miestas'') in Lithuania located about east of the border with Poland. History It was established by Sigismund II Augustus in 1570 and granted Magdeburg Rights by Sigismund III Vasa in 1587. During World War II, Lazdijai was under German occupation from 22 June 1941 until 31 July 1944. On November 3, 1941, 1,535 Jews were murdered in Lazdijai, including 485 men, 511 women and 539 children The perpetrators were members of the Rollkommando Hamann, local policemen and Lithuanian nationalists. In 1990 Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union, and new check points between the borders Poland and Lithuania were established, and Lazdijai became the center that oversees and continues to regulate these operations. Climate Etymology Lazdijai gets its name from the river Lazdija (also known as Raišupis), which runs through the city. It is, however, unclear where the name for the river comes. One possibility is that the name ''Raišupis'' is likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
