Csongrád (former county)
| Csongrád County Comitatus Csongradiensis (Latin) Csongrád vármegye (Hungarian) Komitat Tschongrad (German) |
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| County of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||
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| Capital |
Szentes 46°39′N 20°16′E / 46.650°N 20.267°ECoordinates: 46°39′N 20°16′E / 46.650°N 20.267°E |
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 12th century | |||
| • | Treaty of Trianon | June 4, 1920 | |||
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| • | 1910 | 3,569 km2(1,378 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1910 | 325,568 | |||
| Density | 91.2 /km2 (236.3 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of | Hungary, Serbia | ||||
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Csongrád (Hungarian: Csongrád, Serbian: Čongrad or Чонград) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which was smaller than that of present Csongrád county, is now in southern Hungary and northern Serbia. The capital of the county was Szentes.
The name Csongrád/Čongrad is Slavic by origin. In Slavic languages, this name means "a black city" (čon/čorni = black, grad = city/town). Indeed, the county was named after a town of Csongrád.
Csongrád county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Békés, Csanád, Torontál and Bács-Bodrog. The river Tisza flowed through the county. Its area was 3,544 km² around 1910.
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