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Békés County

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Békés County

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Also known as Bekes County

county of Hungary

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Békés County is a region located in southeastern Hungary, bordering Romania and Serbia. It is one of Hungary's administrative divisions and plays a role in the country's local governance and regional development.

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Encyclopedic overview

Békés (Hungarian: Békés vármegye, pronounced [ˈbeːkeːʃ], Romanian: Județul Bichiș) is an administrative division (county or vármegye) in south-eastern Hungary, on the border with Romania. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Hajdú-Bihar. The capital of Békés county is Békéscsaba. The county is also part of the Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa euroregion.

Etymology

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Békés County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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