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CsongrdCsongrd is the name of: - an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary,
- an administrative county in the former Kingdom of Hungary,
- a town in Hungary.
Csongrd county Csongrd is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the border with Serbia and Romania. It lies on the both sides of the river Tisza. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Bcs-Kiskun, Jsz-Nagykun-Szolnok and Bks. The capital of Csongrd county is Szeged. Its area is 4263 km². Csongrd (former county) Csongrd is also the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was smaller than that of present Csongrd county, is presently in southern Hungary and northern Serbia. The capital of the county was Szentes. Geography Csongrd county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Jsz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Bks, Csand, Torontl and Bcs-Bodrog. The river Tisza flowed through the county. Its area was 3544 km² around 1910. History Csongrd county arose as one of the first comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the 11th century. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), a small part of the county (a small area around Horgoš in northern Vojvodina) became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia). The rest stayed in Hungary as Csongrd county. After World War II, the southern part of former Csand-Arad-Torontl county (the Hungarian part of pre-1918 Torontl county and the south-western part of pre-1918 Csand county) was added to Csongrd county. Districts In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were: Urban counties: Urban district: Csongrd (town) Csongrd is also a town in the north of Csongrd county, Hungary. It lies about 140 km south-east of Budapest. It has 18800 inhabitants (2004).
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