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Békéscsaba District

Coordinates: 46°39′00″N 21°01′00″E / 46.6500°N 21.0167°E / 46.6500; 21.0167
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Békéscsaba District
Békéscsabai járás
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Official logo of Békéscsaba District
Békéscsaba District within Hungary and Békés County.
Békéscsaba District within Hungary and Békés County.
Country Hungary
CountyBékés
District seatBékéscsaba
Area
 • Total636.16 km2 (245.62 sq mi)
 • Rank5th in Békés
Population
 (2011 census)
 • Total83,541
 • Rank1st in Békés
 • Density131/km2 (340/sq mi)

Békéscsaba (Hungarian: Békéscsabai járás) is a district in central-southern part of Békés County. Békéscsaba is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.

Geography

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Békéscsaba District borders with Békés District to the north, Sarkad District and Gyula District to the east, Mezőkovácsháza District to the south, Orosháza District and Szarvas District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Békéscsaba District is 9.

Municipalities

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The district has 1 urban county, 2 towns, 1 large village and 5 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]

The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

Demographics

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Religion in Békéscsaba District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (21.1%)
  Lutheranism (11.3%)
  Calvinism (7.2%)
  Orthodoxy (0.2%)
  Other religions (1.7%)
  Non-religious (31.6%)
  Atheists (1.5%)
  Undeclared (25.2%)

In 2011, it had a population of 83,541 and the population density was 131/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 83,541 n/a

Ethnicity

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Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 3,500), Roma (900), Romanian (500) and German (450).

Total population (2011 census): 83,541
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 78,408 persons:

Approx. 5,000 persons in Békéscsaba District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

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Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. ^ népesség.com, "Békéscsabai járás népessége"
  3. ^ 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [1]
  4. ^ 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian) [2]
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46°39′00″N 21°01′00″E / 46.6500°N 21.0167°E / 46.6500; 21.0167