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Kétegyháza

Coordinates: 46°32′N 21°11′E / 46.533°N 21.183°E / 46.533; 21.183
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Kétegyháza
Chitighaz
Village
Coat of arms of Kétegyháza
Kétegyháza is located in Hungary
Kétegyháza
Kétegyháza
Location of Kétegyháza in Hungary
Coordinates: 46°32′56″N 21°11′1″E / 46.54889°N 21.18361°E / 46.54889; 21.18361
CountryHungary
RegionSouthern Great Plain
CountyBékés
SubregionGyulai
Government
 • MayorMária Gyuricska (Independent)[1]
Area
 • Total50.49 km2 (19.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[3]
 • Total4,135
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
5741
Area code+36 66
KSH code03461[2]
Websiteketegyhaza.hu
Kétegyháza - Palace

Kétegyháza (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈkeːtɛchaːzɒ]; Romanian: Chitighaz) is a large village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. It is one of the main centres of Hungary's Romanian minority.

Jews lived in the village in the 19th century and in 1944 many of them were murdered in the Holocaust of the Jews of Hungary.[4]

Notable people

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Tourist sights

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  • Machine museum - collection of agricultural machinery and equipment
  • Romanian country house
  • Jewish Cemetery

References

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  1. ^ "Békés Megye Képviselő-testületének Közlönye" (PDF) (in Hungarian). bekesmegye.hu. November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b Kétegyháza at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian).
  3. ^ Kétegyháza at the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Hungarian). 2010
  4. ^ Documentation of the village's Jews murdered in the Holocaust
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