Szolnok
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Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok in central Hungary, located on the Tisza River in the Great Hungarian Plain, where it has served as an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries. The city is also known for having one of Hungary's best water polo teams.
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- City with county rights
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- Capital of Tisza, Gate of Transtisza, City of Waters
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- Country
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23 sectionsContents
- Name and etymology
- Location and physical geography
- Climate
- History
- Earliest settlement
- Middle Ages
- In Ottoman Hungary<span class="anchor" id="Szolnok in Ottoman Hungary"></span>
- Post-Ottoman Szolnok
- 20th century
- Demographics
- Main sights
- Politics
- List of mayors
- Sport
- Festivals
- Notable people
- Born in Szolnok
- Lived in Szolnok
- International relations
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Szolnok (; also known by alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, which has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries. Szolnok also has one of Hungary’s best water polo teams.
==Name and etymology== Szolnok was named after the first steward of the city, Szaunik or Zounok. The town was first officially mentioned under the name Zounok in 1075. In the following centuries, it was recorded variously as Zounok, Saunic, Zounuc, and Zawnuch. The variety of spellings likely comes from phonetic discrepancies occurring when Hungarian sounds were recorded using the Latin alphabet. Another possibility revolves around speculation that the name Szaunik was not a personal name after all, but rather a title relating to the significant salt trade (salt, ) in the area.