Great Plain and North
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Great Plain and North Alföld és Észak |
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| Region | |
 Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) and its constituent counties (NUTS 3) |
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| Country |
 Hungary
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| Capital city | Budapest |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50,000 km2 (20,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,200,000 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| NUTS code | HU3 |
Great Plain and North (Hungarian: Alföld és Észak) is a statistical (NUTS 1) region of Hungary. It comprises the NUTS 2 regions of Northern Hungary, Northern Great Plain, and Southern Great Plain.
The total population of the region is around 4,200,000 people in an area of 50,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi) (giving a population density of around 84/km2 (218/sq mi).
There are nine counties in Great Plain and North, which are in three statistical regions:
Northern Hungary and Northern Great Plain are often together called North-Eastern Hungary.
Prominent landscape features are the North Hungarian Mountains and the Great Plain
There are four tourists regions in the Great Plain and North. The Lake Tisza and its surrounding is an exceptional region as it is not part of the NUTS.
The four regions are:
The most important tourist cities are Eger, Miskolc, Sárospatak, Pásztó, which are all famous for their wines and spas. Tokaj) and Hollókő form part of a World Heritage Site. There are many mediaeval castles and ruins of others, including Boldogkő Castle, Castle of Diósgyőr, Füzér Castle, Sárospatak Castle, Szerencs Castle, Szécsény Castle estates, and Hollókő Castle. The Mátra mountains and the Bükk mountains give plenty of opportunities for hiking, and there are areas of outstandingly beautiful countryside in Lillafüred and Aggtelek National Park. The caves in the Bükk have many stalagmites and stalactites.
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