Official Name: | Northern Great Plain |
Native Name: | Észak-Alföld |
Settlement Type: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital city |
Area Total Km2: | 17749 |
Population Total: | 1514020 |
Population Density Km2: | 85 |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Blank Name Sec1: | NUTS code |
Blank Info Sec1: | HU32 |
Blank Name Sec2: | GDP per capita (PPS) |
Blank Info Sec2: | €12,900 (2017)[1] |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | HDI (2019) |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | 0.831[2] · 6th |
The Northern Great Plain (hu|Észak-Alföld in Hungarian pronounced as /'eːsɒk 'ɒlføld/) is a statistical (NUTS 2) region of Hungary. It is part of the Great Plain and North (NUTS 1) region. The Northern Great Plain includes the counties of Hajdú-Bihar, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, with a total area of 17749km2 and a population of around 1.5 million.[3] The region is in the eastern part of Hungary. It borders northern Hungary to the north, Ukraine to the north-east, Romania to the south-east, the Southern Great Plain region of Hungary to the south, and central Hungary to the west. The region's centre, and capital city is Debrecen, the second largest city within Hungary.