Karcag
Karcag | ||
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Town | ||
City Hall in Karcag | ||
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Karcag Location of Karcag | ||
Coordinates: 47°18′40″N 20°54′58″E / 47.31111°N 20.91611°ECoordinates: 47°18′40″N 20°54′58″E / 47.31111°N 20.91611°E | ||
Country |
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County | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | |
District | Karcag | |
Area | ||
• Total | 368.63 km2 (142.33 sq mi) | |
Population (2011) | ||
• Total | 20,632 | |
• Density | 61.25/km2 (158.6/sq mi) | |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 5300 | |
Area code | (+36) 59 | |
Website |
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Karcag is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.
Karcag has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Cristuru Secuiesc (Székelykeresztúr), Romania; since 1990 Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland; since 2005 Longueau, France; since 2004 Merki, Kazakhstan; since 1998 Moldava nad Bodvou (Szepsi), Slovakia; since 1998 Schwarzheide, Germany; since 2004 Stara Moravica (Bácskossuthfalva), Serbia; since 1994
Domestic partnership(s)
- Kunszentmiklós, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County; since 2009
Geography
It covers an area of 368.63 km2 (142 sq mi) and has a population of 20,632 people (2011).
Significant minority groups | |
Nationality | Population (2011) |
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48 | |
20 | |
8 | |
8 | |
6 | |
Notable people
- Colonel Michael de Kovats (1724–79), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in Karcag
- Avram Hershko (born 1937 as Herskó Ferenc), Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry
- Margit Sebők (1939–2000), Hungarian painter and educator
- Mihály Varga (born 1965), since 7 March 2013 Minister of National Economy of Hungary, Minister of Finance of Hungary 2001-2002 and one of four Fidesz VPs since 2005
References
External links
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- Official website in Hungarian, English, German and Italian
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