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Sarkad

Flag Coat of arms
Sarkad Location of Sarkad in Hungary
Coordinates: 46°45′N 21°23′E / 46.750°N 21.383°E / 46.750; 21.383
Country	Hungary
Region	Southern Great Plain
County	Békés
Area ^[1]
• Total	125.57 km² (48.48 sq mi)
Population (2009)^[2]
• Total	10,463
• Density	83/km² (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5720
Area code	+36 66
Website	http://www.sarkad.hu

Sarkad is a town in Békés County, Hungary.

Location[edit]

on the right bank of Fekete-Körös river
14 km north of Gyula

Twin towns – sister cities[edit]

Sarkad is twinned with:^[3]

Baraolt, Romania
Niestetal, Germany
Salonta, Romania
Snagov, Romania

Notable people[edit]

Sándor Képíró, gendarmerie captain
Loránd Kesztyűs, physician, immunologist, and pathophysiologist
Sándor Kónya, opera singer

References[edit]

^ Sarkad at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
^ Sarkad at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 2009
^ "Pelikánszobor és díszkút Sarkadon". beol.hu (in Hungarian). BEOL. 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2021-04-10.

Sarkad, Hungary at GEOnet Names Server

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sarkad.

Official website in Hungarian

v t e Towns and villages of Sarkad District
Town (1)	Sarkad (district seat)
Villages (10)	Biharugra Geszt Körösnagyharsány Kötegyán Méhkerék Mezőgyán Okány Sarkadkeresztúr Újszalonta Zsadány

v t e Békés County
City with county rights	Békéscsaba (county seat)
Towns	Battonya Békés Csorvás Dévaványa Elek Füzesgyarmat Gyomaendrőd Gyula Kondoros Körösladány Medgyesegyháza Mezőberény Mezőhegyes Mezőkovácsháza Orosháza Sarkad Szarvas Szeghalom Tótkomlós Vésztő Újkígyós
Large villages	Békésszentandrás Csabacsűd Doboz Dombegyház Gádoros Kevermes Kétegyháza Nagyszénás
Villages	Almáskamarás Biharugra Bucsa Békéssámson Bélmegyer Csabaszabadi Csanádapáca Csárdaszállás Dombiratos Ecsegfalva Gerendás Geszt Hunya Kamut Kardos Kardoskút Kaszaper Kertészsziget Kisdombegyház Kondoros Kunágota Kétsoprony Körösnagyharsány Köröstarcsa Körösújfalu Kötegyán Lőkösháza Magyarbánhegyes Magyardombegyház Medgyesbodzás Mezőgyán Murony Méhkerék Nagybánhegyes Nagykamarás Okány Pusztaföldvár Pusztaottlaka Sarkadkeresztúr Szabadkígyós Tarhos Telekgerendás Végegyháza Zsadány Örménykút Újszalonta
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