Mezőtúr District | |
Native Name: | Mezőtúri járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Mezőtúr.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Mezőtúr |
Area Total Km2: | 725.74 |
Area Rank: | 3rd in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 28,191 |
Population Rank: | 7th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Population Density Km2: | 39 |
Mezőtúr (Hungarian: Mezőtúri járás) is a district in south-eastern part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Mezőtúr 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 Nagykunság historical and geographical region.
Mezőtúr District borders with Törökszentmiklós District and Karcag District to the north, Gyomaendrőd District (Békés County) to the east, Szarvas District (Békés County) and Kunszentmárton District to the south, Szolnok District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Mezőtúr 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 28,191 and the population density was 39/km².
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minority is the Roma (approx. 1,000).
Total population (2011 census): 28,191
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 24,515 persons:
23,576 (96.17%)
618 (2.52%)
Approx. 3,500 persons in Mezőtúr District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]