Baja District | |
Native Name: | Bajai járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Baja Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Bács-Kiskun |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Baja |
Area Total Km2: | 1,008.80 |
Area Rank: | 4th in Bács-Kiskun |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 66,501 |
Population Rank: | 2nd in Bács-Kiskun |
Population Density Km2: | 66 |
Baja (Hungarian: Bajai járás; German: Kreis Baja) is a district in south-western part of Bács-Kiskun County. Baja is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Baja District borders with Kalocsa District to the north, Jánoshalma District and Bácsalmás District to the east, the Serbian district of West Bačka to the south, Mohács District (Baranya County) and Szekszárd District (Tolna County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Baja District is 17.
The district has 1 town, 1 large village and 15 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013)[1] The bolded municipality is city, italics municipality is large village.
In 2011, it had a population of 66,501 and the population density was 66/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the German (approx. 3,700), Croat (1,600), Roma (1,100), Serb (350) and Romanian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 66,501
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 63,845 persons:
56,380 (88.31%)
3,685 (5.77%)
1,632 (2.56%)
1,092 (1.71%)
Approx. 3,000 persons in Baja District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]