Hajdú (county)

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Hajdú County

County of the Kingdom of Hungary

19th century – 1946

Capital

Debrecen

History

- Established

19th century

- Disestablished

1946

Area

- 1910

3,343 km² (1,291 sq mi)

Population

- 1910 est.

253,900

Density

75.9 /km² (196.7 /sq mi)

Today part of

Hungary

Hajdú, formerly known as Hajdúság, is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Debrecen. The territory of the county is now part of the Hungarian county Hajdú-Bihar.

[edit] Geography

Hajdú county shared borders with the counties Heves, Borsod, Szabolcs, Bihar, Békés and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. The river Tisza touched its western border. The Hortobágy steppe lies in the county. Its area was 3343 km² around 1910.

[edit] History

The Hajdúság region had a special status in the Kingdom of Hungary, but was turned into the proper county Hajdú in the 19th century. After World War II, it was merged with Bihar county(the Hungarian part of pre-Trianon Bihar county) and some smaller parts of the former Szabolcs county to form Hajdú-Bihar county, with its capital at Debrecen.

[edit] Subdivisions

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

Districts (járás)
District	Capital
Hajdúböszörmény	Hajdúböszörmény
Hajdúszoboszló	Hajdúszoboszló
Központ	Debrecen
Urban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)
Debrecen
Urban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)
Hajdúböszörmény
Hajdúszoboszló
Hajdúnánás