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Mezőkovácsháza
Mezőkovácsháza is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 6945 people (2002). Notable residents * György Simonka (1974-), politician * József Balázs (1984-), footballer * Zoltán Farkas, musician Twin towns – sister cities Mezőkovácsháza is twinned with: * Moneasa, Romania * Praid Praid (, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Salzberg) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of six villages: Demographics The commune has an a ..., Romania * Semlac, Romania * Vinga, Romania References External links * in HungarianCivic Union of Mezőkovácsháza , Mezőkovácsházi Polgári Egyesület Populated places in Békés County {{Bekes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezőkovácsháza District
Mezőkovácsháza ( hu, Mezőkovácsházai járás) is a district in southern part of Békés County. ''Mezőkovácsháza'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region. Geography Mezőkovácsháza District borders with Békéscsaba District to the north, Gyula District to the northeast, the Romanian county of Arad to the east and south, Makó District ''(Csongrád County)'' and Orosháza District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőkovácsháza District is 18. Municipalities The district has 4 towns, 2 large villages and 12 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipalities are large villages. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 40,550 and the population density was 46/km². Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Romanian and Roma (approx. 1,000), German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Békés County
Békés (, , ro, Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or ''megye'') in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital of Békés county is Békéscsaba. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion. Etymology In Slovak, it is known as ''Békešská župa'' and in Romanian as ''Județul Bichiș''. After Hungarians conquered the area, Békés and its surroundings were the property of the '' Csolt'' clan. Békés (the name means "peaceful") was originally the name of the castle which gave its name to the comitatus, and, like many castles, was possibly named after its first steward. Geography This county has a total area of – 6.05% of Hungary. Békés County lies on the Pannonian Plain (Great Plain) and is a flat area with good soil. The average rainfall is 645 mm per year. One-fifth of the natural gas resources of H ... [...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. Altogether, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ektomorf
Ektomorf is a heavy metal band from Hungary. Biography Ektomorf was founded in 1993 in Mezőkovácsháza, Hungary, a small city near the Romanian border, by Zoltán "Zoli/Zotya" Farkas. In the actual line-up Zoli/Zotya – songwriter and leader of the band – is the only remaining founder member. The band is completed by Szebasztián Simon (lead guitar), Csaba Zahorán (bass) and Dániel Szabó (drums). Due to his Romani background, Farkas saw himself confronted with racism and prejudices, which is why the band had to put years of work into its international career. Their breakthrough came when Ektomorf started collaboration with Danish producer Tue Madsen in 2003. From 2002 to 2021, they have released fifteen studio albums and one live album. On 7 September 2016, the band's single ''Az vagyok, aki voltam'' debuted on Rádió Rock 95.8. Members * Zoltán "Zoli/Zotya" Farkas – vocals, rhythm guitar (1994–present) * Szebasztián Simon – lead guitar (2017–present ... [...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: ''város'', plural: ''városok''; the terminology doesn't distinguish between city, cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: ''község'', plural: ''községek'') of which 126 are classified as large villages (Hungarian: ''nagyközség'', plural: ''nagyközségek''). 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 23 of the towns are so-called urban counties (''megyei jogú város'' – town with county rights). All county seats except Budapest are urban counties. 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, Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Balázs
József Balázs (born 9 May 1984 in Orosháza) is a retired Hungarian football player. ReferencesHLSZ * 1984 births Living people People from Orosháza Hungarian footballers Association football forwards Mezőkovácsháza TE players Gyulai Termál FC players Orosháza FC players FC Tatabánya players Kecskeméti TE players Békéscsaba 1912 Előre footballers Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Sportspeople from Békés County {{Hungary-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Simonka
György Simonka (born March 14, 1974) is a Hungarian businessman and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Mezőkovácsháza (Békés County Constituency VII) from 2010 to 2014, and for Orosháza (Békés County Constituency IV) from 2014 to 2022. He was elected mayor of Pusztaottlaka in October 2006, he held that office until 2014. Simonka was a member of the Committee on Consumer Protection from 14 May 2010 to 5 May 2014. He was a member of the Committee on Sustainable Development from 6 May 2014 to 1 May 2022. Due to a high-profile corruption scandal involving him (see below), Simonka announced in December 2021 he will not run as a candidate in the upcoming 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election. Criminal charge In 2016, the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) launched an investigation against him on suspicion of crimes related to European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area
Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external Surface (mathematics), surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, Surface texture, texture, or material type. A pl ... or planar lamina, while ''surface area'' refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary (mathematics), boundary of a solid geometry, three-dimensional object. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat. It is the two-dimensional analogue of the length of a plane curve, curve (a one-dimensional concept) or the volume of a solid (a three-dimensional concept). The area of a shape can be measured by com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semlac
Semlac ( hu, Szemlak) is a commune located in Arad County, in the western part of Romania, near the border with Hungary, is situated in the south-western part of the Arad Plateau, in the large valley of the Mureș River. Its territory occupies . It is composed of a single village, Semlac, situated from Arad. Population According to the 2011 census, the commune has 3,667 inhabitants, out of which 78.4% are ethnic Romanians, 8.4% Roma, 2.67% Hungarians, and 2.32% Germans. History It is first mentioned in 1326. It was ravaged by the Turks in 1552, but later survived the occupation. In 1910, out of 5,676 inhabitants, there were 2,475 Romanians, 1,899 Germans, 601 Hungarians, 278 Slovaks and 272 Ruthenians. Until the Treaty of Trianon, Arad County belonged to the district of Pecica. In 1992, out of 3787 inhabitants, there were 2947 Romanians, 286 Germans, 233 Gypsies, 181 Hungarians and 140 others. To the south of the village, on the banks of the Mureş, lay the medieval village o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Praid
Praid (, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Salzberg) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is composed of six villages: Demographics The commune has an absolute Hungarian ( Székely) majority. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 6,502, of which 91.68% are Hungarian and 2.65% Roma. The 2002 Census reported 69.36% of the total population belonging to the Protestant Hungarian Reformed Church, while Roman Catholicism is professed by 22.46% of the respondents. retrieved on June 25, 2010 Natives *Vilmos Nagy de Nagybaczon
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Moneasa
Moneasa ( hu, Menyháza) is a commune in Arad County, Romania. Its administrative surface stretches over and it is composed of two villages, Moneasa and Rănușa (''Kisróna''). Geography The commune is located in the northeastern part of Arad County, on the border with Bihor County. It lies on the banks of the Moneasa River, at the foot of the Codru-Moma Mountains. The nearest town is Sebiș Sebiș ( hu, Borossebes) is a town in Arad County, western Transylvania, Romania. Situated 82 km from the county capital, Sebiș is one of the most important urban centres in the Crișul Alb valley. It administers three villages: Donceni (' ..., to the southwest; the county seat, Arad, is away. Population According to the 2002 census, the population of the commune counts 1,056 inhabitants, out of which 97.7% are Romanians, 1.7% are Hungarians and 0.6% are of other or undeclared nationalities. History Traces of inhabitance on this area dating back to the paleolithic and neol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sister City
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties. While there are early examples of international links between municipalities akin to what are known as sister cities or twin towns today dating back to the 9th century, the modern concept was first established and adopted worldwide during World War II. Origins of the modern concept The modern concept of town twinning has its roots in the Second World War. More specifically, it was inspired by the bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940, known as the Coventry Blitz. First conceived by the then Mayor of Coventry, Alfred Robert Grindlay, culminating in his renowned telegram to the people of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) in 1942, the idea emerged as a way of establishing solidarity links between cities in allied countries that went through similar devastating events. The comradesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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