Szabolcs (county)

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Szabolcs County

County of the Kingdom of Hungary

11th century – 1918

Capital

Nyíregyháza

History

- Established

11th century

- Disestablished

1918

Area

- 1910

4,637 km² (1,790 sq mi)

Population

- 1910 est.

319,800

Density

69 /km² (178.6 /sq mi)

Today part of

Hungary

Szabolcs is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day north-eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Nyíregyháza.

[edit] Geography

Szabolcs county shared borders with the counties Borsod, Zemplén (Zemplín), Ung, Bereg, Szatmár, Bihar and Hajdú. It was situated mostly south of the river Tisza. Its area was 4637 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

Szabolcs is one of the oldest counties of the Kingdom of Hungary. After World War I, it was merged with a very small part of former Ung county to form Szabolcs-Ung county, with capital Nyíregyháza. After World War II, the county was merged with the Hungarian parts of Szatmár and Bereg counties to form Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. Some parts of Szabolcs county (around Polgár and north-east of Debrecen) are currently in Hajdú-Bihar county.

[edit] Subdivisions

In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Szabolcs county were:

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Dada alsó	Tiszalök
Dada felső	Gáva
Kisvárda	Kisvárda
Ligetalja	Nyíracsád
Nagykálló	Nagykálló
Nyírbakta	Nyírbakta
Nyírbátor	Nyírbátor
Nyírbogdány	Kemecse
Tisza	Mándok
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Nyíregyháza