Kistelek District | |
Native Name: | Kisteleki járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Kistelek.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Csongrád |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Kistelek |
Area Total Km2: | 410.20 |
Area Rank: | 6th in Csongrád |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 18,185 |
Population Rank: | 7th in Csongrád |
Population Density Km2: | 44 |
Kistelek (hu|Kisteleki járás) is a district in western part of Csongrád County. Kistelek is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Kistelek District borders with Kiskunfélegyháza District (Bács-Kiskun County) and Csongrád District to the north, Hódmezővásárhely District to the east, Szeged District to the southeast, Mórahalom District to the south, Kiskunmajsa District (Bács-Kiskun County) to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Kistelek District is 6.
The district has 1 town and 5 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1] The bolded municipality is the city.
In 2011, it had a population of 18,185 and the population density was 44/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 500) and Romanian (200).
Total population (2011 census): 18,185
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 16,842 persons:
15,933 (94.60%)
475 (2.82%)
219 (1.30%)
Approx. 1,500 persons in Kistelek District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]