Karcag District

Karcag District borders with Püspökladány District (Hajdú-Bihar County) to the east, Szeghalom District and Gyomaendrőd District (Békés County) to the southeast, Mezőtúr District to the south, Törökszentmiklós District and Kunhegyes District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Karcag District is 5.

The Karcag District is one of the newly created districts in 2013 and did not exist before the closure of the districts in 1983. Karcag had never been a district seat before, but as a city it had never belonged to any district, and since its creation in 1994 it has been a Karcag Subregion seat.

The district has 3 towns, 1 large village and 1 village.

(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/hnk/hnk_2012.xls A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve]

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• Berekfürdő (1,010)
• Karcag (19,980) – district seat
• Kenderes (4,647)
• Kisújszállás (11,367)
• Kunmadaras (5,295)

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The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.

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|label3 = Catholic Church

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In 2011, it had a population of 43,226 and the population density was 50/km².

Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 3,500) and German (100).

Total population (2011 census): 43,226

Ethnic groups (2011 census):4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, {{in lang|hu}} [http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_16] Identified themselves: 41,613 persons:

• Hungarians: 37,755 (90.73%)
• Gypsies: 3,421 (8.22%)
• Others and indefinable: 437 (1.05%)

Approx. 1,500 persons in Karcag District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, {{in lang|hu}} [http://www.ksh.hu/nepszamlalas/tablak_teruleti_16]

• Reformed – 9,969;
• Catholic – 5,894 (Roman Catholic – 5,816; Greek Catholic – 78);
• Evangelical – 48;
• other religions – 563;
• Non-religious – 16,198;
• Atheism – 535;
• Undeclared – 10,019.

• Main road 28px (W→E): Budapest... – Karcag District (3 municipalities: Kenderes, Kisújszállás, Karcag) – ...Záhony
• Main road 28px (N→S): 20px Tiszafüred... – Karcag District (1 municipality: Kunmadaras) – ...Fegyvernek 20px

• Line 100 (W→E): Budapest... – Karcag District (3 municipalities: Kenderes, Kisújszállás, Karcag) – ...Záhony
• Line 103 (S→N): Karcag District (3 municipalities: Karcag, Berekfürdő, Kunmadaras) – ...Tiszafüred (108)

File:Karcag-varoshaza2.jpg|Karcag, Town Hall

File:Kenderes Horthy kastély főhomlokzat.jpg|Horthy Mansion in Kenderes

File:Zádor bridge, Karcag légifotó1.jpg|Zádor Bridge near Karcag

File:Református templom, légifotó, Kisújszállás4.jpg|Reformed Church in Kisújszállás

• List of cities and towns of Hungary

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• [https://hunmix.hu/jaras/karcagi.html Karcag District - HunMix.hu]
• [http://www.iranyitoszamnavigator.hu/karcagi-jaras-telepulesei Postal codes of the Karcag District]

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