Facts about Bekescsaba
Bekescsaba is a city in Southeast Hungary. Bekescsaba is also the capital of the county Békés. According to the 2001 Hungarian Census, the city has a total area of 193.94 km² (75 sq mi). As of the census of 2001, there are 67,383 people residing in the town. According to the 2001 census the ethnic distribution of Bekescsaba is 93.8% Magyars, 6% Slovaks, 0.6% Germans, 0.4% Roma, 0.4% Romanians, 0.2% Slovenians, 0.1% Ukrainians, and 5.6% other. As of 2001, the population density of Bekescsaba is 347.44/km². As of 2001, there are 27.811 housing units at an average density of 143.4/km². As of the 1880 census, the town was inhabited mainly by 25 339 Slovaks and 6579 Magyars. The area has been inhabited since the ancient times. In the Iron Age the area had been conquered by the Scythians, by the Celts, then by the Huns. After the Hungarian Conquest, there were many small villages in the area. The village of Csaba was first mentioned in the 1330s. Besides Csaba, eight other villages stood where now the town stands. When the Turks conquered Hungary, and the country became part of the Ottoman Empire, Bekescsaba survived, but it became extinct during the fights against the Turks in the 17th century. In 1715 Csaba(where Bekescsaba now stand) is mentioned as a deserted place, but only one year later its name can be found in a document mentioning the tax-paying towns. It is likely that the new Csaba(where Bekescsaba now stand) was founded by János György Harruckern, who earned distinction in the freedom fight against the Turks and bought the area of Békés county. By 1847 the town was among the twenty largest towns of Hungary, with a population of 22,000. Nevertheless, Csaba(where Bekescsaba now stand) was still like a large village, with muddy streets and crowded houses. By 1858 the railway line reached the town. Between 1919 and 1920 Békéscsaba was under Romanian occupation. On 21st September 1944 the British and American Air Force bombed the railway station and its surroundings, killing more than 100 people. On 6th October 1944 the Soviet army occupied Békéscsaba. Baroque church, the 18th century church is an iomportant tourist site of Bekescsaba. Károly Klimó, a famous artist was born in Bekescsaba in 1936. Béla Szabados, a former freestyle swimmer from Hungary, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992, was born in Békéscsaba on February 18, 1974. Henrietta Ónodi who is an Olympic gold winner Hungarian gymnast who competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics was born in Békéscsaba on May 22, 1974. Gyula Hegyi a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Hungarian Socialist Party was born in in Békéscsaba on April 30, 1951. |
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