Békéscsaba

Békéscsaba

      city of county status and seat of Békés megye (county), southeastern Hungary. A central point for road and rail communications, it is also connected by canal with the Körös River and serves as an agricultural and industrial centre for a large fertile countryside. A 13th-century Roman Catholic church (rebuilt in the 18th century) is evidence of the town's long occupation. The settlement in the 18th century grew into a giant village with extensive territory. Two marked characteristics have been the relatively large size of the Slovak population (more than 50 percent) in the early 20th century and a strong tradition of Lutheranism. In 1950 the surrounding agricultural area was separated from the town in the major administrative restructuring that took place under the People's Republic. To its traditional industries (flour milling, warehousing of foods, tobacco production, and the making of the local Csabai kolbász [sausage]) have been added poultry packaging, clothing and carpet manufacture, printing, and production of machine tools and building materials. Békéscsaba is a long-established cultural centre for the large Slovak population in the district. Pop. (2001) 67,968.

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