Pusztaottlaka

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Pusztaottlaka
Otlaca-Pusta
Country Flag of Hungary Hungary
County Békés
Area
 - Total 18.88 km² (7.3 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 - Total 471
 - Density 25/km² (64.7/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 5665
Area code(s) 68
Location of Békés County in Hungary
Location of Békés County in Hungary

Pusztaottlaka (Romanian: Otlaca-Pusta), is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary.

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[edit] Geography

It covers an area of 18.88km² and has a population of 471 people (2002).

[edit] Population

According to the last census in 2001 Pusztaottlaka/Otlaca-Pusta had a population of 437 people. The majority of the population is Hungarian with a 17% Romanian minority (74 people who spoke Romanian as a mother language).

[edit] Religion

According to the last census in 2001 133 people belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, 40 were Lutherans and 140 people followed "another faith". In the case of Pusztaottlaka/Otlaca-Pusta the latters are mainly Orthodox Romanians.

[edit] Name

Pusztaottlaka means "dwelling place on the pusta" in Hungarian. The Romanian name is the transliteration of the Hungarian one.

Coordinates: 46°33′N, 20°59′E