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Ajak (Hungary)

Coordinates: 48°11′N 22°02′E / 48.183°N 22.033°E / 48.183; 22.033
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Ajak
Flag of Ajak
Coat of arms of Ajak
Ajak is located in Hungary
Ajak
Ajak
Coordinates: 48°11′N 22°02′E / 48.183°N 22.033°E / 48.183; 22.033
Country Hungary
CountySzabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
 • Total24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[2]
 • Total3,730
 • Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
4524
Area code45

Ajak is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Jews lived in the village.[3] In 1910, 83 Jews lived in the village. Some of them were murdered in the Holocaust.[4]

Etymology

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The name of the town is of uncertain origin. It may come from a personal name. This personal name can come from the Turkish word ajaq ('leg'), or the old Hungarian aj ('opening'). Another possibility is that it was named from a fishpond called Ajakas-tó due to it having one course.[5]

Geography

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It covers an area of 24.76 km2 (9.56 sq mi)[1] and has a population of 3952 people (2002).

Notable people

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  • Laszlo Szekely, planter and writer who was married to Madelon Szekely – Lulofs.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Helységnévkönyv adattár". Retrieved 25 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Gazetteer of Hungary, 1 January 2015. Hungarian Central Statistical Office.
  3. ^ Hungarian Jewish census
  4. ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
  5. ^ Kiss, Lajos (1980). Földrajzi nevek etimológiai szótára. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 963-05-2277-2.