- Ugocsa
Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Ugocsa County
common_name = Ugocsa
subdivision = County
nation = theKingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 1876
event_end = Treaty of Trianon
year_end = 1920
date_end = June 4
capital = Nagyszőllős
stat_area1 = 1213
stat_pop1 = 91800
stat_year1 = 1910
today =Ukraine ,Romania
footnotes =Vynohradiv is the current name of the capital.Ugocsa is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the
Kingdom of Hungary . Its territory is presently in north-westernRomania (1/4) and westernUkraine (3/4). The capital of the county was Nagyszőllős ("Vynohradiv " Ukrainian,"Sevlush" in Rusyn, "Vinogradov" in Russian).Geography
Ugocsa county shared borders with the Hungarian counties
Máramaros ,Szatmár and Bereg. It was situated on both sides of the riverTisza . Its area was 1208 km² around 1910.History
In 1918 (confirmed by the
Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county (including Nagyszőllős) became part of newly formedCzechoslovakia . The southern part (including Halmi,Halmeu in Romanian language) became part ofRomania except Hungarian occupation between 1940-1944.During
World War II , the Czechoslovak part was occupied by Hungary under theFirst Vienna Award . The county Ugocsa was recreated, again with Nagyszőllős (Vynohradiv) as capital.After World War II, the formerly Czechoslovak part of Ugocsa county became part of the
Soviet Union ,Ukrainian SSR ,Zakarpattia Oblast . Since 1991, when theSoviet Union split up, the Zakarpattia Oblast is part ofUkraine .The southern part of the county is now part of the
Romania n county Satu Mare.ubdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Ugocsa county were:
Vynohradiv is presently inUkraine ;Halmeu is presently inRomania .
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