Ugocsa

Ugocsa is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in north-western Romania (1/4) and western Ukraine (3/4). The capital of the county was Nagyszőllős (Vynohradiv Ukrainian,Sevlush in Rusyn, Vinogradov in Russian).

[edit] Geography

Ugocsa county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Máramaros, Szatmár and Bereg. It was situated on both sides of the river Tisza. Its area was 1208 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), most of the county (including Nagyszőllős) became part of newly formed Czechoslovakia. The southern part (including Halmi, Halmeu in Romanian language) became part of Romania except Hungarian occupation between 1940-1944.

During World War II, the Czechoslovak part was occupied by Hungary under the First 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 the Soviet Union split up, the Zakarpattia Oblast is part of Ukraine.

The southern part of the county is now part of the Romanian county Satu Mare.

[edit] Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Tiszáninnen	Nagyszőllős, UA Vynohradiv
Tiszántúl	Halmi, RO Halmeu

Vynohradiv is presently in Ukraine; Halmeu is presently in Romania.

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Comitatus of the Kingdom of Hungary (1886)

Ugocsa

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