Nagykanizsa

Also known as Nagy-Kanizsa

Nagykanizsa (; , or just Kaniža/Kanjiža; ; ; ; ), known colloquially as Kanizsa, is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southwestern Hungary. It is a city with county rights.

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Nagykanizsa is a medium-sized city located in southwestern Hungary in Zala County, and it holds the special administrative status of a city with county rights. The city, also known colloquially as Kanizsa, serves as an important regional center in its area.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Nagykanizsa
Settlement.settlement_type: City with county rights
Settlement.image_skyline: Nagykanizsa2.jpg
Settlement.image_shield: HUN Nagykanizsa Címer.svg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Nagykanizsa.svg
Settlement.timezone: CET
Settlement.utc_offset: +1
Settlement.timezone_DST: CEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +2
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Horváth Jácint (ÉVE-DK-Jobbik-LMP-Momentum-MSZP)
Settlement.pushpin_map: Hungary Zala#Hungary
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Nagykanizsa
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom: 9
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city with county rights
Official name: Nagykanizsa
Country: Hungary
Located in: Nagykanizsa District
Official language: Hungarian
Population: 42042
Area: 14840
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Official website: nagykanizsa.hu
Image: Nagykanizsa2.jpg
Dialing code: 93
Motto: Snovi, mogucnosti, Nagykanizsa.
Connects with: European route E65

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twinned administrative body: Königsee
Commons category: Nagykanizsa
topic's main category: Category:Nagykanizsa
category for people born here: Category:Births in Nagykanizsa
postal code: 8800
Commons gallery: Nagykanizsa
category of associated people: Category:People from Nagykanizsa
member of: Climate Alliance
IPA transcription: [ˈnɒckɒniʒɒ]
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
native label: Nagykanizsa
time of earliest written record: 1245-00-00
P8168: sheddase

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Nagykanizsa (; , or just Kaniža/Kanjiža; ; ; ; ), known colloquially as Kanizsa, is a medium-sized city in Zala County in southwestern Hungary. It is a city with county rights.

It lies not far from Lake Balaton at the meeting point of five routes. For centuries the town has been a connecting link. Goods from Slavonia were transported to Graz via Nagykanizsa, and the town played an important role in the trade from the Adriatic Sea to the Alpine region, Vienna, and Budapest.

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