Regions of Hungary

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There are seven statistical regions of Hungary created in 1999 by the Law 1999/XCII amending Law 1996/XXI. The regional division is expected to replace the present 20 administrative division into 19 counties and the capital city. Regions are groupings of these units.

Name of the region	Regional centre	Area (km²)	Population	Density (/km²)

Northern Hungary	Miskolc	13.428	1.289.000	96
Northern Great Plain	Debrecen	17.749	1.554.000	88
Southern Great Plain	Szeged	18.339	1.367.000	75
Central Hungary	Budapest	6919	2.825.000	408
Central Transdanubia	Székesfehérvár	11.237	1.114.000	99
Western Transdanubia	Győr	11.209	1.004.000	90
Southern Transdanubia	Pécs	14.169	989.000	70

Northern Hungary includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád.
Northern Great Plain includes the counties Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg.
Southern Great Plain includes the counties Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád.
Central Hungary includes the county of Pest and the capital Budapest.
Central Transdanubia includes the counties Komárom-Esztergom, Fejér and Veszprém.
Western Transdanubia includes the counties Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas and Zala.
Southern Transdanubia includes the counties Baranya, Somogy and Tolna.

Euroregions

Hungary belongs into the following euroregions:

Carpathian Euroregion: Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Heves
West Pannonia Euroregion: Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas, Zala
Danube-Drava-Sava: Baranya
Danube-Kris-Mures-Tisa (DKMT): Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Csongrád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Ister-Granum Euroregion: Komárom-Esztergom, Nógrád

(Counties sometimes only roughly correspond to euroregions, so overlap is possible.)

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