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Hajdú-Bihar County

Hajdú-Bihar County
Hajdú-Bihar megye  (Hungarian)
Counties of Hungary
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Flag of Hajdú-Bihar County
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Coat of arms of Hajdú-Bihar County
Coat of arms
Location of Hajdú-Bihar County
Country Hungary
Region Northern Great Plain
County seat Debrecen
Government
 • President of the General Assembly Zoltán Pajna (Fidesz-KDNP)
Area
 • Total 6,210.51 km2 (2,397.89 sq mi)
Area rank 4th in Hungary
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 546,721
 • Rank 4th in Hungary
 • Density 88/km2 (230/sq mi)
Postal code 40xx – 422x, 4241 – 4243, 425x – 429x
Area code(s) (+36) 52, 54
ISO 3166 code HU-HB
Website www.hbmo.hu

Hajdú-Bihar (Hungarian: Hajdú-Bihar megye) is an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Békés. The capital of Hajdú-Bihar county is Debrecen. Together with Bihor County in Romania it constitutes the Biharia Euroregion.

The area of the county does not form a geographical unit; it shares several features with the neighbouring areas: from northeast the sand hills of the Nyírség spread over the county borders. The western part is the Hortobágy National Park ("Puszta"), a large flat area of the country.

The county of Hajdú-Bihar occupies the eastern part of Hungary. Most of its territory is completely flat and is part of the Pannonian Plain region (called the Grand Plain in the country). The highest point hardly rises over 170.5 metres in the north. It seems that the county slopes to the south because the lowest point is situated in this part of Hajdú-Bihar and hits the 85 metres height.

The wind and rivers formed and shaped the land for thousands of years. First the area of the present-day Hungary was occupied by an inland sea. Then, after some underground movement, the huge peaks of the Carpathians rose from this sea. The wild and rapid rivers of the mountains slowly made that inland sea disappear. Later, the great Hungarian plain was formed by the alluvial deposits of the rivers, the wind began to work and from the great rocks became smaller and smaller sand-grains, the so-called loess. This covers thickly the Hajdú-Bihar plain as well and makes a fertile soil.


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