The
Little Hungarian Plain

Little Hungarian Plain or Little Alföld (Hungarian: Kisalföld,
Slovak: Malá dunajská kotlina, German: Kleine Ungarische Tiefebene)
is a plain (tectonic basin) of approximately 8,000 km² in
northwestern Hungary, south-western
Slovakia

Slovakia (Podunajská nížina –
Danubian Lowland), and eastern Austria. It is a part of the Pannonian
plain which covers most parts of Hungary.
Contents
1 Geography
2 History
3 Population
4 See also
Geography[edit]
The territory of the LHP in Hungary
The castle of the Eszterházy family. Such buildings are typical in
the area
Its borders are the Carpathians on the north, the Bakony-Vértes Hills
in the south, the Gerecse Hills in the east, and the Leitha Mountains
and the foothills of the
Alps

Alps in the west. In Hungary, it includes
most of
Győr-Moson-Sopron
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Győr-Moson-Sopron and
Vas

Vas counties, and the western part of
Komárom-Esztergom

Komárom-Esztergom and Veszprém.
The plain is roughly cut in half by the
Danube

Danube which is split up into
many arms between
Bratislava

Bratislava and Komárno, forming large islands. Its
main tributaries are the Váh, the Rába, the Rábca and the Marcal
rivers.
Smaller microregions of the Little Alföld are Hanság, Seewinkel,
Neusiedl Basin, Rábaköz, Szigetköz, Marcali Basin, Moson Plain,
Komárom-Esztergom

Komárom-Esztergom Plain and Žitný ostrov.
The neighbouring regions of Kemeneshát, Sopron-
Vas

Vas Plain and
Steirisches Hügelland are sometimes classified as belonging to the
Little Alföld, but Hungarian and Austrian geographers use the term in
a more narrow meaning.
History[edit]
The plain has been an important area of agriculture since the
Neolithic Age. The southern part of it belonged to the Roman province
of
Pannonia

Pannonia between the 1st and 5th centuries and later was inhabited
by
Germans

Germans and
Slavic people

Slavic people and since about 900 also by Hungarians.
Since about 1000, the region became part of the Kingdom of Hungary.
After World War I the Little Alföld was divided between Hungary,
Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia and Austria. In the 1990s
Slovakia

Slovakia built a large dam
and power plant at Gabčíkovo.
Population[edit]
Country borders don't closely follow linguistic boundaries, especially
in the case of the northern part of the plain where
Hungarians

Hungarians are a
majority in the two southernmost districts
Dunajská Streda

Dunajská Streda and
Komárno

Komárno and a minority in the remaining districts. There are also
smaller groups of
Croats

Croats in the tri-state border region. Important
cities in the region are
Győr
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Győr (HU),
Komárom

Komárom (HU),
Komárno

Komárno (SK),
Dunajská Streda

Dunajská Streda (SK),
Nové Zámky

Nové Zámky (SK), and
Mosonmagyaróvár

Mosonmagyaróvár (HU).
See also[edit]
Great Alföld
Sedimentary basin
Lowland
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Geographical regions of Hungary
West-Hungarian Borderland
Alpokalja
Kőszeg Mountains
Sopron Mountains
Vas

Vas Hills
Balfi Hills
Little Hungarian Plain
Hanság
Fertőzug
Neusiedl Basin
Rábaköz
Szigetköz
Marcali Basin
Moson Plain
Komárom-Esztergom

Komárom-Esztergom Plain
Transdanubia
Baranya
Zala Hills
Inner Somogy
Outer Somogy
Zselic
Völgység
Szekszárd Hills
Baranya Hills
Villány Mountains
Transdanubian Mountains
Keszthely Mountains
Tapolca Basin
Balaton Uplands
Bakony
Bakonyalja
Sokoró
Vértesalja
Velence Hills
Gerecse Mountains
Buda Hills
Pilis Mountains
Visegrád Mountains
Vértes Mountains
Transdanubian Hills
Mecsek
Outer Somogy
Inner Somogy
Tolna-Baranya Hills
Balaton Basin
North Hungarian
Mountains
Börzsöny
Cserhát
Mátra
Mátralába
Bükk
Zemplén Mountains
Great Hungarian Plain
Bácska
Bánát
Mezőföld
Sárrét
Sárköz
Drávamellék
Kunság
Kiskunság
Jászság
Pest Plain
Heves Plain
Borsodi-Mezőség
Bodrogköz
Tiszahát
Szatmár Plain
Maros-Körös köze
Körös-vidék
Nagykunság
Hortobágy
Hajdúság
Nyírség
Tiszántúl
Coordinates: 47°45′N 17°20′E / 47.750°N 17.333°E