Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok (former county)

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Infobox Former Subdivision
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County
common_name = Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
subdivision = County
nation = the Kingdom of Hungary
p1 =
s1 =
year_start = 19th century
event_end =
year_end = 1918
date_end =

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capital = Szolnok
stat_area1 = 5251
stat_pop1 = 374000
stat_year1 = 1910
today = Hungary

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is the name of an administrative county (comitatus) in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is presently in central Hungary, was slightly smaller than that of present Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county. The capital of the county was Szolnok.

Geography

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun, Heves, Hajdú, Békés, and Csongrád. The rivers Tisza and Körös flow through the county. Its area was 5251 km² around 1910.

History

Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county was formed in the 19th century from the territories of Szolnok, Jászság (Jazygia) and Nagykunság ("great Cumania"). After World War II, the territory of the county was modified: the area on the left bank of the Tisza around Tiszafüred was taken from Heves county, and the area around Dévaványa went to Békés county.

The term "Jász" originates from the Jassic people (cf. Alans) who moved to this area of Hungary from the Pontic steppes sometime in the 13th century.

ubdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county were: