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Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county lies in central Hungary. It shares borders with the Hungarian counties Pest, Heves, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Hajdú-Bihar, Békés, Csongrád and Bács-Kiskun. The rivers Tisza and Körös flow through the county. The capital of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county is Szolnok. Its area is 5582 km˛. Before approximately 1990, the name of the county was Szolnok, just like its capital city.
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok is also the name of a historic administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory, which is presently in central Hungary, was slightly smaller than that of present Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county. The capital of the county was Szolnok.
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county shared borders with the Hungarian counties Pest-Pilis-Solt-KiskunPest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun is the name of a historic administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is presently in central Hungary, comprising the territory of the present Hungarian county Pest and the northern part of present Ba, Heves, HajdúHajd is the name of a historic administrative county ( comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary in present-day eastern Hungary. The capital of the county was Debrecen. The territory of the county is now part of the Hungarian county Hajdu-Bihar. Geography Hajd, Békés, and Csongrád. The rivers Tisza and Körös flow through the county. Its area was 5373 km˛ around 1910.
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county was formed in the 19th century from the territories of Szolnok, Jászság ( Jazygia ) and Nagykunság (great Cumania). After World War II, the territory of the county was modified: the area on the left bank of the Tisza around Tiszafüred was taken from Heves county, and the area around Dévaványa went to Békés county.
In the early 20th century, the districts and their capitals were:
Urban districts:
| Counties in Hungary | |
|---|---|
| Counties: Bács-Kiskun | Baranya | Békés | Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén | Csongrád | Fejér | Gyor-Moson-Sopron | Hajdú-Bihar | Heves | Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok | Komárom-Esztergom | Nógrád | Pest | Somogy | Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg | Tolna | Vas | Veszprém | Zala | |
| Capital: (usually treated as the 20th county) Budapest | |
| Urban counties: Békéscsaba | Debrecen | Dunaújváros | Eger | Gyor | Hódmezovásárhely | Kaposvár | Kecskemét | Miskolc | Nagykanizsa | Nyíregyháza | Pécs | Sopron | Szeged | Székesfehérvár | Szolnok | Szombathely | Tatabánya | Veszprém | Zalaegerszeg | |
| See also: List of historic counties of Hungary |