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Záhony District

Záhony District
Záhonyi járás
Districts of Hungary
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Záhony District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Záhony District within Hungary and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County.
Country  Hungary
County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
District seat Záhony
Area
 • Total 145.95 km2 (56.35 sq mi)
Area rank 13th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Population (2011 census)
 • Total 18,963
 • Rank 12th in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
 • Density 130/km2 (300/sq mi)

Záhony (Hungarian: Záhonyi járás) is a district in northern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. Záhony is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Rétköz geographical region.

Záhony District borders with  Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast) to the northeast, Vásárosnamény District to the southeast, Kisvárda District to the south, Cigánd District (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County) to the west,  Slovakia (Košice Region) to the northwest. The number of the inhabited places in Záhony District is 11.

The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 8 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)

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


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