Hajdú, formerly known as Hajdúság, was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. The capital of the county was Debrecen. The territory of the county is now part of the Hungarian county Hajdú-Bihar.
Geography Hajdú county shared borders with the counties Heves, Borsod, Szabolcs, Bihar, Békés and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok. The river Tisza touched its western border. The Hortobágy National Park steppe lies in the county. Its area was 3343 km² around 1910.
History Historically, the Hajdúság region had a special status in the Kingdom of Hungary as an autonomous territory for the hajduks, but was turned into the proper county Hajdú in the 19th century. At the 1950 county reform, it was merged with Bihar County (the Hungarian part of pre-Trianon Bihar County) and some smaller parts of the former Szabolcs County to form Hajdú-Bihar County, with its capital at Debrecen.Party state and county system 1949-1950 , Zempléni Múzsa
Demographics
+ Population by mother tongue Census Total Hungarian German Other or unknown 1880 173,329 164,320 (97.75%) 2,788 (1.66%) 998 (0.59%) 1890 190,978 189,193 (99.07%) 1,132 (0.59%) 653 (0.34%) 1900 223,612 221,798 (99.19%) 972 (0.43%) 842 (0.38%) 1910 253,863 251,918 (99.23%) 1,044 (0.41%) 901 (0.35%)
+ Population by religion Census Total Calvinist Roman Catholic Greek Catholic Jewish Other or unknown 1880 173,329 135,744 (78.32%) 18,014 (10.39%) 9,986 (5.76%) 8,444 (4.87%) 1,141 (0.66%) 1890 190,978 147,141 (77.05%) 21,795 (11.41%) 10,999 (5.76%) 9,749 (5.10%) 1,294 (0.68%) 1900 223,612 166,063 (74.26%) 29,549 (13.21%) 13,509 (6.04%) 12,806 (5.73%) 1,685 (0.75%) 1910 253,863 185,648 (73.13%) 35,059 (13.81%) 15,336 (6.04%) 15,301 (6.03%) 2,519 (0.99%)
Subdivisions
In the early 20th century, the subdivisions of Hajdú county were:
Districts (járás) District CapitalHajdúböszörményHajdúböszörmény HajdúszoboszlóHajdúszoboszló KözpontDebrecenUrban counties (törvényhatósági jogú város)DebrecenUrban districts (rendezett tanácsú város)Hajdúböszörmény HajdúnánásHajdúszoboszló
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