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Békés County

Békés (Hungarian: Békés vármegye, pronounced; Romanian: Județul Bichiș; Serbian: Бекешка жупанија, Slovak: Békešská župa) is an administrative division (county or vármegye) in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád-Csanád, 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.