Karcag

Karcag
Town
City Hall in Karcag
Coat of arms
Karcag Location of Karcag
Coordinates: 47°18′40″N 20°54′58″E
Country	Hungary
County	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
District	Karcag
Area
• Total	368.63 km2 (142.33 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	20,632
• Density	61.25/km2 (158.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	5300
Area code	(+36) 59
Website	karcag.hu

Karcag is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.

Karcag has its own railway station, but InterCity trains do not stop here.

Aerial photography. karcag, bridge "Zádor"

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Twin towns — Sister cities

Karcag is twinned with:

• Cristuru Secuiesc (Székelykeresztúr), Romania; since 1990
• Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland; since 2005
• Longueau, France; since 2004
• Merki, Kazakhstan; since 1998
• Moldava nad Bodvou (Szepsi), Slovakia; since 1998
• Schwarzheide, Germany; since 2004
• Stara Moravica (Bácskossuthfalva), Serbia; since 1994

Domestic partnership(s)

• Kunszentmiklós, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County; since 2009

Geography

It covers an area of 368.63 km² (142 sq mi) and has a population of 20,632 people (2011).

Significant minority groups
Nationality	Population (2011)
Germany	48
Romania	20
Russia	8
Slovakia	8
Serbia	6

Notable people

• Colonel Michael de Kovats (1724–79), the father of the US cavalry, a Hungarian hussar was born in Karcag
• Avram Hershko (born 1937 as Herskó Ferenc), Hungarian-born Israeli biochemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry
• Margit Sebők (1939–2000), Hungarian painter and educator
• Mihály Varga (born 1965), since 7 March 2013 Minister of National Economy of Hungary, Minister of Finance of Hungary 2001-2002 and one of four Fidesz VPs since 2005

External links

• Official website in Hungarian, English, German and Italian