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Békés County

county of Hungary
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Békés County
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Summary

Békés County is a county of Hungary[1]. It draws 358 Wikipedia views per month (county of hungary category, ranking #11 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hungary[3]
  • Country: Hungary[4]
  • Capital: Békéscsaba[5]
  • Shares border with: Csongrád-Csanád County[6], Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County[7], Hajdú-Bihar County[8]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Békés District[9], Békéscsaba District[10], Gyomaendrőd District[11], Gyula District[12], Mezőkovácsháza District[13], Orosháza District[14], Sarkad District[15], Szarvas District[16], Szeghalom District[17]
  • Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Békés County[18]
  • Part of: Southern Great Plain[19]
  • Commons category: Békés County[20]
  • Inception: March 16, 1950[21]
  • Official website: http://www.bekesmegye.hu/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Békés County[23]
  • Population: 315,222[24]
  • Replaces: Békés County[25]
  • Topic has template: Template:Békés County[26]
  • Official name: Békés vármegye[27], Békés megye[28]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Békés County[29]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Békés County[30]
  • Category for people buried here: Q53937770[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Békés County[32]
  • Area: 5629.71 km²[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Békés County[34]

Why It Matters

Békés County has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Hungary

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  22. [24] ↑ . Population data by settlement. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Tacsipacsi · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Official name: Békés vármegye"
  2. 15d ago · B.Zsolt · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'an', 'ar', 'az', 'ban', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'co', 'cs', 'da'
    Official name → {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Békés vármegye'}, {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Békés megye'}, {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Békés megye'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official name: Békés megye"
  3. 19w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.bekesmegye.hu/
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Békés County
    Population → {'amount': '+315222'}
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Békés County
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id: geografico/1203074"
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