Szeged
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Summary
Szeged is a town in Hungary[1]. Szeged ranks in the top 0.9% of town in hungary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,915 views/month, #3 of 335).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Szeged District[3], Csongrád-Csanád County[4]
- Country: Hungary[5], Austria–Hungary[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Tisza[7]
- Head of government: László Botka[8]
- Instance of: city[9], city with county rights[10], big city[11]
- Official language: Hungarian[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Subotica[13], Săcueni[14], Łódź[15], Varna[16], Weinan[17], Rakhiv[18], Pula[19], Cambridge[20], Parma[21], Darmstadt[22], Rotterdam[23], Toledo[24], Timișoara[25], Larnaca Municipality[26]
- Postal code: 6720[27]
- Commons category: Szeged[28]
- Local dialing code: 62[29]
- Significant event: Siege of Szeged[30]
- Official website: https://www.szegedvaros.hu/[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:Szeged[32]
- Commons gallery: Szeged[33]
- Population: 161,837[34], 161,921[35], 159,074[36], 158,797[37], 158,829[38], 159,000[39], 131,000[40], 157,930[41], 157,282[42], 157,596[43]
- Time of earliest written record: 1183[44]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[45], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[48], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[49], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[50]
- Capital of: Szeged District[51], Csongrád-Csanád County[52], Roman Catholic Diocese of Szeged–Csanád[53], Individual Constituency Csongrád-Csanád County No. 1[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Szeged include University of Szeged[55], a public university[56], in Hungary[57], founded in 1921[58], headquartered in Cluj-Napoca[59]; Szeged Airport[60], an airport[61], in Hungary[62], founded in 1915[63]; and 28196 Szeged[64], an asteroid[65].
Why It Matters
Szeged has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] Szeged is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]
Entities named for Szeged include University of Szeged[55], a public university[56], in Hungary[57], founded in 1921[58], headquartered in Cluj-Napoca[59]; Szeged Airport[60], an airport[61], in Hungary[62], founded in 1915[63]; and 28196 Szeged[64], an asteroid[65].