Hajdúszoboszló () is a district in western part of Hajdú-Bihar County. Hajdúszoboszló is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Hajdúság historical and geographical region.
Geography Hajdúszoboszló District borders with Balmazújváros District to the north, Debrecen District and Derecske District to the east, Püspökladány District to the south, Karcag District (Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County) to the west. The number of inhabited places in Hajdúszoboszló District is 5.
Municipalities The district has 2 towns and 3 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2012)A KSH 2012. évi helységnévkönyve
The bolded municipalities are cities.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 43,061 and the population density was 55/km².
Year County populationnépesség.com, "Hajdúszoboszlói járás népessége" Change 2011 43,061 n/a
Ethnicity Besides the Hungarian majority, the main minorities are the Roma (approx. 650) and German (300) and Romanian (100).
Total population (2011 census): 43,061 Ethnic groups (2011 census):4.1.6.1 A népesség nemzetiség szerint, 2011, Identified themselves: 38,155 persons: Hungarians: 36,770 (96.37%) Gypsies: 618 (1.62%) Others and indefinable: 767 (2.01%) Approx. 5,000 persons in Hajdúszoboszló District did not declare their ethnic group at the 2011 census.
Religion Religious adherence in the county according to 2011 census:4.1.7.1 A népesség vallás, felekezet szerint, 2011,
Reformed – 11,291; Catholic – 3,124 (Roman Catholic – 2,607; Greek Catholic – 517); Evangelical – 51; other religions – 439; Non-religious – 17,235; Atheism – 388; Undeclared – 10,533.
Gallery
See also List of cities and towns of Hungary
References
External links Postal codes of the Hajdúszoboszló District