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Encyclopedia > Baranya (county)
BARANYA COUNTY
Baranya county
Region Southern Transdanubia
County seat Pécs
Area 4430 km²
Population 402,700
Population density 91 /km²
Municipalities 301

Baranya (Hungarian, in Croatian and Serbian: Baranja) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, in the Baranya region, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary (see: Baranya, historic county). The seven statistical regions of Hungary were created in 1999 with the Law 1999/XCII which is the amendment of modification Law 1996/XXI. The regional division is expected to replace the former administrational divisions, the 19 counties. ... A county seat is a town which is the capital of a county. ... Pécs  listen (Croatian: Pečuh, German: Fünfkirchen, Slovak: Päťkostolie, Turkish: Peçuy) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Comitatus can be: an old Latin word meaning company or retinue or an armed group of men attached to a leader in the Classical Times and in the Middle Ages, a political term used in various meanings: see Comitatus (Classical meaning) in the Middle Ages, the Latin word for county... Baranya (Hungarian: Baranya, Croatian: Baranja, Serbian: Baranja or Барања) is a geographical region between the Danube and the Drava rivers. ... The Kingdom of Hungary is the name of a multiethnic kingdom that existed in Central Europe from 1000 to 1918. ...


Baranya county

Baranya county lies in southern Hungary, on the border with Croatia. The river Drave forms part of its southern border, and the river Danube its eastern border. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Somogy, Tolna and Bács-Kiskun. The capital of Baranya county is Pécs. Its area is 4430 km². River Drava at Drávaszabolcs, Hungary River Drava at Vízvár, Hungary River Drava at Maribor, Slovenia Drave (German: Drau, Slovenian and Croatian: Drava, Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe, flowing East from South Tyrol, Italy through Carinthia, Austria, and Slovenia (145 km) then southeast... Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078 m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500 m³/s Area watershed 817,000 km² Origin Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg... Somogy is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... Tolna is the name of a county (megye) in Hungary. ... Bács-Kiskun is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, on the border with Serbia. ... Pécs  listen (Croatian: Pečuh, German: Fünfkirchen, Slovak: Päťkostolie, Turkish: Peçuy) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...



Counties of Hungary Flag of Hungary
Counties: Bács-Kiskun | Baranya | Békés | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | Csongrád | Fejér | Győr-Moson-Sopron | Hajdú-Bihar | Heves | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | Komárom-Esztergom | Nógrád | Pest | Somogy | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | Tolna | Vas | Veszprém | Zala
Capital: (usually treated as the 20th county) Budapest
Urban counties: Békéscsaba | Debrecen | Dunaújváros | Eger | Győr | Hódmezővásárhely | Kaposvár | Kecskemét | Miskolc | Nagykanizsa | Nyíregyháza | Pécs | Salgótarján | Sopron | Szeged | Szekszárd | Székesfehérvár | Szolnok | Szombathely | Tatabánya | Veszprém | Zalaegerszeg
See also: List of historic counties of Hungary

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Baranya (county) Information (372 words)
Baranya (Croatian: Baranja, Serbian: Baranja or Барања) is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, in the Baranya region, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary (see: Baranya (former county)).
Baranya county lies in southern Hungary, on the border with Croatia.
In 1526 the county was occupied by Ottomans, and was freed in 1689.
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