Hajdúszoboszló District | |
Native Name: | Hajdúszoboszlói járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Hajdúszoboszló.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Hajdú-Bihar |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Hajdúszoboszló |
Area Total Km2: | 732.65 |
Area Rank: | 3rd in Hajdú-Bihar |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 43,061 |
Population Rank: | 3rd in Hajdú-Bihar |
Population Density Km2: | 59 |
Hajdúszoboszló (Hungarian: Hajdúszoboszlói járás) is a district in western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Hajdúszoboszló is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Hajdúság historical and geographical region.
Hajdúszoboszló District borders with Balmazújváros District to the north, Debrecen District and Derecske District to the east, Püspökladány District to the south, Karcag District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Hajdúszoboszló District is 5.
The district has 2 towns and 3 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipalities are cities.
In 2011, it had a population of 43,061 and the population density was 55/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 650) and German (300) and Romanian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 43,061
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 38,155 persons:
36,770 (96.37%)
618 (1.62%)
Approx. 5,000 persons in Hajdúszoboszló District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]