Békéscsaba District | |
Native Name: | Békéscsabai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Békéscsaba Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Békés |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Békéscsaba |
Area Total Km2: | 636.16 |
Area Rank: | 5th in Békés |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 83,541 |
Population Rank: | 1st in Békés |
Population Density Km2: | 131 |
Békéscsaba (Hungarian: Békéscsabai járás) is a district in central-southern part of Békés County. Békéscsaba is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Békéscsaba District borders with Békés District to the north, Sarkad District and Gyula District to the east, Mezőkovácsháza District to the south, Orosháza District and Szarvas District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Békéscsaba District is 9.
The district has 1 urban county, 2 towns, 1 large village and 5 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities, italics municipality is large village.
In 2011, it had a population of 83,541 and the population density was 131/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Slovak (approx. 3,500), Roma (900), Romanian (500) and German (450).
Total population (2011 census): 83,541
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 78,408 persons:
72,018 (91.85%)
3,504 (4.47%)
916 (1.17%)
Approx. 5,000 persons in Békéscsaba District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]