Törökszentmiklós District | |
Native Name: | Törökszentmiklósi járás |
Native Name Lang: | hu |
Settlement Type: | Districts of Hungary |
Image Blank Emblem: | Coa Hungary Town Törökszentmiklós big.svg |
Blank Emblem Type: | Coat of arms |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Seat Type: | District seat |
Seat: | Törökszentmiklós |
Area Total Km2: | 464.54 |
Area Rank: | 8th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Population As Of: | 2011 census |
Population Total: | 36,739 |
Population Rank: | 4th in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok |
Population Density Km2: | 79 |
Törökszentmiklós (Hungarian: Törökszentmiklósi járás) is a district in central part of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County in Hungary. Törökszentmiklós 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.
Törökszentmiklós District borders with Kunhegyes District to the north, Karcag District to the east, Mezőtúr District to the southeast, Szolnok District to the west and north. The number of the inhabited places in Törökszentmiklós District is 7.
The district has 2 towns and 5 villages.(ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)[1]
In 2011, it had a population of 36,739 and the population density was 79/km2.
Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 1,500) and German (100).
Total population (2011 census): 36,739
Ethnic groups (2011 census):[3] Identified themselves: 33,338 persons:
31,779 (95.32%)
1,208 (3.62%)
Approx. 3,500 persons in Törökszentmiklós District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]