Szolnok, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Northern Great Plain Region, Hungary

Geography | Municipalities | Ethnicity | Religion

🇭🇺 Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. Its location on the banks of the Tisza river, at the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries. Szolnok is located in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, at the confluence of the Tisza and Zagyva rivers. It lies about 100 km (62 miles) east-southeast from Budapest. The climate of the area is continental, with hot summers following relatively mild winters.

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Geography Szolnok District borders with Jászberény District and Jászapáti District to the north, Kunhegyes District, Törökszentmiklós District and Mezőtúr District to the east, Kunszentmárton District and Tiszakécske District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the south, Cegléd District and Nagykáta District (Pest County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Szolnok District is 18.

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Municipalities The district has 1 urban county, 4 towns and 13 villages. • Besenyszög; • Csataszög; • Hunyadfalva; • Kőtelek; • Martfű; • Nagykörű; • Rákóczifalva; • Rákócziújfalu; • Szajol; • Szászberek; • Szolnok; • Tiszajenő; • Tiszasüly; • Tiszavárkony; • Tószeg; • Újszász; • Vezseny; • Zagyvarékas.

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Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,000), German (600), Russian (250) and Romanian (200).

Ethnic groups (2011 census): Identified themselves: 106,079 persons: • Hungarians: 100,632 (94.87%) • Gypsies: 3,108 (2.93%) • Others and indefinable: 2,339 (2.20%); Approx. 12,000 persons in Szolnok District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

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Religion Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census: • Catholic – 36,277 (Roman Catholic – 35,678; Greek Catholic – 589); • Reformed – 7,721; • Evangelical – 525; • other religions – 1,427; • Non-religious – 35,231; • Atheism – 2,257; • Undeclared – 34,803.

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Szolnok, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Northern Great Plain Region, Hungary 
<b>Szolnok, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Northern Great Plain Region, Hungary</b>
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Szolnok has a population of over 71,290 people. Szolnok also forms the centre of the wider Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok county which has a population of over 379,897 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Szolnok has links with:

🇷🇴 Baia Mare, Romania 🇨🇳 Bengbu, China 🇵🇱 Bielsko-Biała, Poland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Eastwood, England 🇮🇹 Forlì, Italy 🇨🇳 Huainan, China 🇨🇳 Jinzhong, China 🇷🇸 Kikinda, Serbia 🇺🇸 Portsmouth, USA 🇪🇪 Rakvere, Estonia 🇩🇪 Reutlingen, Germany 🇫🇮 Riihimäki, Finland 🇨🇳 Sanmenxia, China 🇮🇱 Shoham, Israel 🇯🇵 Yuza, Japan
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Antipodal to Szolnok is: -159.811,-47.18

Locations Near: Szolnok 20.189,47.1796

🇭🇺 Törökszentmiklós 20.417,47.183 d: 17.2  

🇭🇺 Cegléd 19.792,47.17 d: 30  

🇭🇺 Jászberény 19.915,47.501 d: 41.2  

🇭🇺 Heves 20.283,47.6 d: 47.3  

🇭🇺 Csongrád 20.145,46.711 d: 52.2  

🇭🇺 Szentes 20.258,46.651 d: 59  

🇭🇺 Kecskemét 19.693,46.908 d: 48.3  

🇭🇺 Gyöngyös 19.933,47.783 d: 69.8  

🇭🇺 Eger 20.381,47.897 d: 81.1  

🇭🇺 Hódmezővásárhely 20.318,46.413 d: 85.8  

Antipodal to: Szolnok -159.811,-47.18

🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16804.4  

🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16588.3  

🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16219.9  

🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16144.5  

🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 12560.6  

🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12457.4  

🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 12441.8  

🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 12438.5  

🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 12438.4  

🇺🇸 Honolulu -157.85,21.3 d: 12398  

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