Makó District | |
Native Name: | Makói járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | HUN Makó Címer.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Csongrád |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Makó |
Area Total Km2: | 688.85 |
Area Rank: | 4th in Csongrád |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 45,138 |
Population Rank: | 3rd in Csongrád |
Population Density Km2: | 66 |
Makó (Hungarian: Makói járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Csongrád County. Makó is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Southern Great Plain Statistical Region.
Makó District borders with Hódmezővásárhely District and Orosháza District (Békés County) to the north, the Romanian counties of Arad to the east and Timiș to the south, Szeged District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Makó District is 15.
The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 12 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 45,138 and the population density was 66/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,200), Romanian (650), Slovak (200), German (150) and Serb (100).
Total population (2011 census): 45,138
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 43,043 persons:
40,574 (94.26%)
1,101 (2.56%)
662 (1.54%)
Approx. 2,000 persons in Makó District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]