Makó District
Makói járás
Flag of Makó District
Official logo of Makó District
Makó District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Makó District within Hungary and Csongrád County.
Country Hungary
CountyCsongrád
District seatMakó
Area
  Total688.85 km2 (265.97 sq mi)
  Rank4th in Csongrád
Population
 (2011 census)
  Total45,138
  Rank3rd in Csongrád
  Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)

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.

Geography

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.

Municipalities

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.

Demographics

Religion in Makó District (2011 census)

  Catholic Church (36.6%)
  Calvinism (11.5%)
  Lutheranism (0.9%)
  Orthodoxy (0.7%)
  Other religions (1.5%)
  Non-religious (25.9%)
  Atheists (1.0%)
  Undeclared (20.1%)

In 2011, it had a population of 45,138 and the population density was 66/km².

Year County population[2] Change
2011 45,138 n/a

Ethnicity

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:

Approx. 2,000 persons in Makó District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.

Religion

Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:[4]

See also

References

  1. A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
  2. népesség.com, "Makói járás népessége"
  3. 4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)
  4. 4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011, (in Hungarian)

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