Kiskunság

{{Short description|Historical Cuman region of central Hungary}}

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Kiskunság ("Little Cumania", {{langx|la|Cumania Minor}}{{cite news|url = https://lexikon.katolikus.hu/J/J%C3%A1szkun%20Ker%C3%BClet.html|title=Jászkun Kerület|publisher=Magyar Katolikus Lexikon }}) is a historical and geographical region in Hungary situated in the current Bács-Kiskun}} between Kalocsa and Szeged. Its territory is 2,423 km2. Like other historical European regions called Cumania, it is named for the Cumans ({{Langx|hu|Kunok}}), a historically very significant nomadic tribe.

Geography

Its most defining feature is the sand dunes created by the flat area's windy nature, and bigger dunes being created by deposits of and the old path of the Danube and Tisza.

See also

References

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Category:Historical regions in Hungary

Category:Geography of Hungary

Category:Biosphere reserves of Hungary

Category:Historical regions in the Kingdom of Hungary

Category:Cumans

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